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Glasses Jason Alexander wore in the 'Seinfeld' pilot were from Spike Lee's 'Malcolm X,' costume designer says

Ruth E. Carter said she used the prop from the Spike Lee film after Alexander suggested his character wore glasses.

Carter clarified that the glasses in question were not the ones Washington wore throughout most of the movie, which earned her her first Oscar nomination for "Best Costume Design," but a pair seen briefly during a sequence showing the titular character's time in jail. Two-time Academy Award winner Ruth E. Carter revealed that she used a pair of glasses from the set of "Malcolm X" to style Jason Alexander in the "Seinfeld" pilot. Speaking on the Nessa OFF Air podcast, the Hollywood costume designer said that she used the glasses for the pilot of the show after having previously sourced them for the Spike Lee biopic about the life of the civil rights activist Malcolm X.

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