Ruth E. Carter – (American) 

Vanessa Fischer – (Canadian)

• Edwards, Samantha. “How costume designers are tackling film and TV's diversity problem,” Now Toronto, Oct 24, 2018.

Toni-Leslie James – (American)

• Toni-Leslie James – Wikipedia Commons

Rita McGhee – (Guamanian)

• Van Buskirk, Leslie. “’Empire’ costume designer Rita McGhee gets the hip-hop royalty look.” The Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2015.

Antoinette Messam – (Jamaican)

Colleen Morris – (British / Jamaican Descent)

Gersha Phillips – (English-Caribbean)

• Bender, Abbey. “How I Make It: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Costume Designer Gersha Phillips,” Shondaland.com, March 7, 2019.