Best Costume Design

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design. The award was first given for films made in 1948. Initially, separate award categories were established for black-and-white films and color films until the merger of the two categories in 1967.

History[]

The award was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for black and white film and one for films in color. At the 30th Academy Awards, held on March 26, 1958, these two subcategories were merged into one. The 32nd Academy Awards saw the category again be split into two for recognition of both black and white and color film. Eight years later, the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, along with two other awards, were each combined into their own single category recognizing achievement in film.

Nominees & winners[]

Best Costume Design By Decade
1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s

1948-1956: The award was divided into two categories named Best Costume Design Black-and-White and Best Costume Design-Color.

30th Academy Awards (1957)

Winner: Les Girls — Orry-Kelly
Nominees: An Affair to Remember — Charles LeMaire; Funny Face — Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy; Pal Joey — Jean Louis; Raintree County — Walter Plunkett

31st Academy Awards (1958)

Winner: Gigi — Cecil Beaton
Nominees: Bell, Book and Candle — Jean Louis; The Buccaneer — Ralph Jester, Edith Head, John Jensen; A Certain Smile — Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills; Some Came Running — Walter Plunkett

1959-1966: The award was divided into two categories named Best Costume Design Black-and-White and Best Costume Design-Color.

1960s

40th Academy Awards (1967)

Winner: Camelot — John Truscott
Nominees: Bonnie and Clyde — Theadora Van Runkle; The Happiest Millionaire — Bill Thomas; The Taming of the Shrew — Irene Sharaff, Danilo Donati; Thoroughly Modern Millie — Jean Louis

41st Academy Awards (1968)

Winner: Romeo and Juliet — Danilo Donati
Nominees: The Lion in Winter — Margaret Furse; Oliver! — Phyllis Dalton; Planet of the Apes — Morton Haack; Star! — Donald Brooks

42nd Academy Awards (1969)

Winner: Anne of the Thousand Days — Margaret Furse
Nominees: Gaily, Gaily — Ray Aghayan; Hello, Dolly! — Irene Sharaff; Sweet Charity — Edith Head; They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — Donfeld

1970s

43rd Academy Awards (1970)

Winner: Cromwell — Nino Novarese
Nominees: Airport — Edith Head; Darling Lili — Donald Brooks, Jack Bear; The Hawaiians — Bill Thomas; Scrooge — Margaret Furse

44th Academy Awards (1971)

Winner: Nicholas and Alexandra — Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo
Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Bill Thomas; Death in Venice — Piero Tosi; Mary, Queen of Scots — Margaret Furse; What's the Matter with Helen? — Morton Haack

45th Academy Awards (1972)

Winner: Travels with My Aunt — Anthony Powell
Nominees: The Godfather — Anna Hill Johnstone; Lady Sings the Blues — Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch; The Poseidon Adventure — Paul Zastupnevich; Young Winston — Anthony Mendleson

46th Academy Awards (1973)

Winner: The Sting — Edith Head
Nominees: Cries and Whispers — Marik Vos; Ludwig — Piero Tosi; Tom Sawyer — Donfeld; The Way We Were — Dorothy Jeakins, Moss Mabry

47th Academy Awards (1974)

Winner: The Great Gatsby (1974) — Theoni V. Aldredge
Nominees: Chinatown — Anthea Sylbert; Daisy Miller — John Furness; The Godfather Part II — Theadora Van Runkle; Murder on the Orient Express — Tony Walton

48th Academy Awards (1975)

Winner: Barry Lyndon — Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero
Nominees: The Four Muskateers — Yvonne Blake, Ron Talsky; Funny Lady — Ray Aghayan, Bob Mackie; The Magic Flute — Henny Noremark, Karin Erskine; The Man Who Would Be King — Edith Head

49th Academy Awards (1976)

Winner: Fellini's Casanova — Danilo Donati
Nominees: Bound for Glory — William Theiss; The Incredible Sarah — Anthony Mendleson; The Passover Pilot — Mary Wills; The Seven-per-cent Solution — Alan Barrett

50th Academy Awards (1977)

Winner: Star Wars — John Mollo
Nominees: Airport '77 — Edith Head, Burton Miller; Julia — Anthea Sylbert; A Little Night Music — Florence Klotz; The Other Side of Midnight — Irene Sharaff

51st Academy Awards (1978)

Winner: Death on the Nile — Anthony Powell
Nominees: Caravans — Renie Conley; Days of Heaven — Patricia Norris; The Swarm — Paul Zastupnevich; The Wiz — Tony Walton

52nd Academy Awards (1979)

Winner: All That Jazz — Albert Wolsky
Nominees: Agatha — Shirley Russell; Butch and Sundance: The Early Years — William Ware Theiss; The Europeans — Judy Moorcroft; La Cage aux Folles — Piero Tosi, Ambra Danon

1980s

53rd Academy Awards (1980)

Winner: Tess — Anthony Powell
Nominees: The Elephant Man — Patricia Norris; My Brilliant Career — Anna Senior; Somewhere in Time — Jean-Pierre Dorleac; When Time Ran Out — Paul Zastupnevich

54th Academy Awards (1981)

Winner: Chariots of Fire — Milena Canonero
Nominees: The French Lieutenant's Woman — Tom Rand; Pennies from Heaven — Bob Mackie; Ragtime — Anna Hill Johnstone; Reds — Shirley Russell

55th Academy Awards (1982)

Winner: Gandhi — John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya
Nominees: La Traviata — Piero Tosi; Sophie's Choice — Albert Wolsky; Tron — Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton; Victor/Victoria — Patricia Norris

56th Academy Awards (1983)

Winner: Fanny & Alexander — Marik Vos
Nominees: Cross Creek — Joe I. Tompkins; Heart Like a Wheel — William Ware Theiss; The Return of Martin Guerre — Anne-Marie Marchand; Zelig — Santo Loquasto

57th Academy Awards (1984)

Winner: Amadeus — Theodor Pistek
Nominees: The Bostonians —Jenny Beavan, John Bright; A Passage to India — Judy Moorcroft; Places in the Heart — Ann Roth; 2010 — Patricia Norris

58th Academy Awards (1985)

Winner: Ran — Emi Wada
Nominees: The Color Purple — Aggie Guerard Rodgers; The Journey of Natty Gann — Albert Wolsky; Out of Africa — Milena Canonero; Prizzi's Honor — Donfeld

59th Academy Awards (1986)

Winner: A Room with a View — Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Nominees: The Mission — Enrico Sabbatini; Otello — Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti; Peggy Sue Got Married — Theadora Van Runkle; Pirates — Anthony Powell

60th Academy Awards (1987)

Winner: The Last Emperor — James Acheson
Nominees: The Dead — Dorothy Jeakins; Empire of the Sun — Bob Ringwood; Maurice — Jenny Beavan, John Bright; The Untouchables — Marilyn Vance-Straker

61st Academy Awards (1988)

Winner: Dangerous Liaisons — James Acheson
Nominees: Coming to America — Deborah Nadoolman; A Handful of Dust — Jane Robinson; Sunset — Patricia Norris; Tucker The Man and His Dream — Milena Canonero

62nd Academy Awards (1989)

Winner: Henry V (1989) — Phyllis Dalton
Nominees: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Gabriella Pescucci; Driving Miss Daisy — Elizabeth McBride; Harlem Nights — Joe I. Tompkins; Valmont — Theodor Pistek

1990s

63rd Academy Awards (1990)

Winner: Cyrano de Bergerac — Franca Squarciapino
Nominees: Avalon — Gloria Gresham; Dances With Wolves — Elsa Zamparelli; Dick Tracy — Milena Canonero; Hamlet — Maurizio Millenotti

64th Academy Awards (1991)

Winner: Bugsy — Albert Wolsky
Nominees: The Addams Family — Ruth Myers; Barton Fink — Richard Hornung; Hook — Anthony Powell; Madame Bovary — Corinne Jorry

65th Academy Awards (1992)

Winner: Bram Stoker's Dracula — Eiko Ishioka
Nominees: Enchanted April — Sheena Napier; Howards End — Jenny Beavan, John Bright; Malcolm X — Ruth E. Carter; Toys — Albert Wolsky

66th Academy Awards (1993)

Winner: The Age of Innocence — Gabriella Pescucci
Nominees: Orlando — Sandy Powell; The Piano — Janet Patterson; The Remains of the Day — Jenny Beavan, John Bright; Schindler's List — Anna Biedrzycka-Sheppard

67th Academy Awards (1994)

Winner: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel
Nominees: Bullets Over Broadway — Jeffrey Kurland; Little Women — Colleen Atwood; Maverick — April Ferry; Queen Margot — Moidele Bickel

68th Academy Awards (1995)

Winner: Restoration — James Acheson
Nominees: Braveheart — Charles Knode; Richard III (1995) — Shuna Harwood; Sense and Sensibility — Jenny Beavan, John Bright; 12 Monkeys — Julie Weiss

69th Academy Awards (1996)

Winner: The English Patient — Ann Roth
Nominees: Angels and Demons — Paul Brown; Emma — Ruth Myers; Hamlet (1996) — Alex Byrne; The Portrait of a Lady — Janet Patterson

70th Academy Awards (1997)

Winner: Titanic — Deborah L. Scott
Nominees: Amistad — Ruth E. Carter; Kundun — Dante Ferretti; Oscar and Lucinda — Janet Patterson; The Wings of the Dove — Sandy Powell

71st Academy Awards (1998)

Winner: Shakespeare in Love — Sandy Powell
Nominees: Beloved — Colleen Atwood; Elizabeth — Alexandra Byrne; Pleasantville — Judianna Makovsky; Velvet Goldmine — Sandy Powell

72nd Academy Awards (1999)

Winner: Topsy-Turvy — Lindy Hemming
Nominees: Anna and the King — Jenny Beavan; Sleepy Hollow — Colleen Atwood; The Talented Mr. Ripley — Ann Roth, Gary Jones; Titus — Milena Canonero

2000s

73rd Academy Awards (2000)

Winner: Gladiator — Janty Yates
Nominees: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Tim Yip; Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Rita Ryack; 102 Dalmations — Anthony Powell; Quills — Jacqueline West

74th Academy Awards (2001)

Winner: Moulin Rouge! — Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Nominees: The Affair of the Necklace — Milena Canonero; Gosford Park — Jenny Beavan; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — Judianna Makovsky; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor

75th Academy Awards (2002)

Winner: Chicago — Colleen Atwood
Nominees: Frida — Julie Weiss; Gangs of New York — Sandy Powell; The Hours — Ann Roth; The Pianist — Anna B. Sheppard

76th Academy Awards (2003)

Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor
Nominees: Girl with the Pearl Earring — Dien van Straalen; The Last Samurai — Ngila Dickson; Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Wendy Stites; Seabiscuit — Judianna Makovsky

77th Academy Awards (2004)

Winner: The Aviator — Sandy Powell
Nominees: Finding Neverland — Alexandra Byrne; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Colleen Atwood; Ray — Sharen Davis; Troy — Bob Ringwood

78th Academy Awards (2005)

Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha — Colleen Atwood
Nominees: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Gabriella Pescucci; Mrs. Henderson Presents — Sandy Powell; Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Jacqueline Durran; Walk the Line — Arianne Phillips

79th Academy Awards (2006)

Winner: Marie Antoinette (2006) — Milena Canonero
Nominees: Curse of the Golden Flower — Yee Chung Man; The Devil Wears Prada — Patricia Field; Dreamgirls — Sharen Davis; The Queen — Consolata Boyle

80th Academy Awards (2007)

Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Alexandra Byrne
Nominees: Across the Universe — Albert Wolsky; Atonement — Jacqueline Durran; La Vie en Rose — Marit Allen; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — Colleen Atwood

81st Academy Awards (2008)

Winner: The Duchess — Michael O'Connor
Nominees: Australia — Catherine Martin; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Jacqueline West; Milk — Danny Glicker; Revolutionary Road — Albert Wolsky

82nd Academy Awards (2009)

Winner: The Young Victoria — Sandy Powell
Nominees: Bright Star — Janet Patterson; Coco Before Chanel — Catherine Leterrier; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Monique Prudhomme; Nine — Colleen Atwood

2010s

83rd Academy Awards (2010)

Winner: Alice in Wonderland (2010) — Colleen Atwood
Nominees: I Am Love — Antonella Cannarozzi; The King's Speech — Jenny Beavan; The Tempest — Sandy Powell; True Grit (2010) — Mary Zophres

84th Academy Awards (2011)

Winner: The Artist — Mark Bridges
Nominees: Anonymous — Lisy Christl; Hugo — Sandy Powell; Jane Eyre — Michael O'Connor; W.E. — Arianne Phillips

85th Academy Awards (2012)

Winner: Anna Karenina — Jacqueline Durran
Nominees: Les Misérables — Paco Delgado; Lincoln — Joanna Johnston; Mirror Mirror — Eiko Ishioka; Snow White and the Huntsman — Colleen Atwood

86th Academy Awards (2013)

Winner: The Great Gatsby (2013) — Catherine Martin
Nominees: American Hustle — Michael Wilkinson; The Grandmaster — William Chang Suk Ping; The Invisible Woman (2013) — Michael O'Connor; 12 Years a Slave — Patricia Norris

87th Academy Awards (2014)

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel — Milena Canonero
Nominees: Inherent Vice — Mark Bridges; Into the Woods — Colleen Atwood; Maleficent — Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive; Mr. Turner — Jacqueline Durran

88th Academy Awards (2015)

Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road — Jenny Beavan
Nominees: Carol — Sandy Powell; Cinderella (2015) — Sandy Powell; The Danish Girl — Paco Delgado; The Revenant — Jacqueline West

89th Academy Awards (2016)

Winner: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — Colleen Atwood
Nominees: Allied — Joanna Johnston; Florence Foster Jenkins — Consolata Boyle; Jackie — Madeline Fontaine; La La Land — Mary Zophres

90th Academy Awards (2017)

Winner: Phantom Thread — Mark Bridges
Nominees: Beauty and the Beast (2017) — Jacqueline Durran; Darkest Hour — Jacqueline Durran; The Shape of Water — Luis Sequeira; Victoria & Abdul — Consolata Boyle

91st Academy Awards (2018)

Winner: Black Panther — Ruth E. Carter
Nominees: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Mary Zophres; The Favourite — Sandy Powell; Mary Poppins Returns — Sandy Powell; Mary Queen of Scots — Alexandra Byrne

92nd Academy Awards (2019)

Winner: Little Women — Jacqueline Durran
Nominees: The Irishman — Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson; Jojo Rabbit — Mayes C. Rubeo; Joker — Mark Bridges; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — Arianne Phillips

2020s

93rd Academy Awards (2020)

Winner: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Ann Roth
Nominees: Emma. — Alexandra Byrne; Mank — Trish Summerville; Mulan — Bina Daigeler; Pinocchio — Massimo Cantini Parrini

94th Academy Awards (2021)

Winner: Cruella — Jenny Beavan
Nominees: Cyrano — Massimo Cantini Parrini, Jacqueline Durran; Dune: Part One — Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan; Nightmare Alley — Luis Sequeira; West Side Story — Paul Tazwell

95th Academy Awards (2022)

Winner: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth E. Carter
Nominees: Babylon — Mary Zophres; Elvis — Catherine Martin; Everything Everywhere All at Once — Shirley Kurata; Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Jenny Beavan

96th Academy Awards (2023)

Winner: TBD
Nominees: Barbie — Jacqueline Durran; Killers of the Flower Moon — Jacqueline West; Napoleon — Janty Yates, Dave Crossman; Oppenheimer — Ellen Mirojnick; Poor Things — Holly Waddinton

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Best Costume Design Black-and-White
Best Costume Design-Color

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