The race for the Costume Design Academy Award is still up in the air, but no matter what happens, Holly Waddington and Jacqueline Duran will always have their 2024 Costume Designer Awards wins. The pair took Excellence in Period Film for “Poor Things” and Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film for “Barbie,” respectively. The third movie honor, Excellence in Contemporary Film went to Sophie Canale for “Saltburn.”

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On the television side, Helen Huang gave “Beef” another guild honor in the Contemporary Television field while Sharon Long won Period Television for the now canceled, but not forgotten, “The Great.” In a super competitive category, Shawna Trpcic son Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television for “Ahsoka.” In a wonderful surprise, Michelle Page Collins landed another canceled series (at least unofficially), “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” a win in the Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television field.

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Another day in April means another virtual awards show keeping zoom cameras busy. Monday evening was left for the Costume Designer Guild who, as expected, brought the looks for their ceremony even if it was in their own living rooms. The big news, however, was Oscar frontrunner Ann Roth duplicating her BAFTA Award win with a CDG Awards win in Period Costume for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

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In other film categories, Nancy Steiner took the Contemporary Film category for “Promising Young Woman” and Bina Daigeler won Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film for “Mulan.”

Debra Hanson won for Contemporary Television for “Schitt’s Creek” and Gabriele Binder took the honor in Period Television for “The Queens’ Gambit.” Paul Tazewell won the Variety, Reality or Live Television category for “Hamilton.” Work that also won him a Tony Award way back in 2016.

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If there is one industry union that has taste, style, and, yes, a sense of humor, it’s the Costume Designers Guild. For example, with this year’s 2021 Costume Design Guild Awards they nominated such worth films as “Promising Young Woman,” “Birds of Prey,” “Emma” and “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Oh, and how could we forget, the indomitable “Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar.”

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The CDG breaks out film nominees into three categories and television into four which allows them to honor a swath of deserving nominees.

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In something of a surprise, “The Masked Singer” cracked the Competition Series field for the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards. Despite massive ratings for this era of broadcast television, the FOX network series wasn’t necessarily a favorite of the critics or industry. If it somehow manages to steal the Emmy from two-time winner “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the producers will need to find a way to get costume designer Marina Toybina a statue.

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The compacted awards season has seen an almost a nightly cavalcade of awards shows this month. Tonight, in a ceremony hosted by Mindy Kailing, the Costume Designers Guild Awards honored the best in costumes in film, television and commercials. The big winners of the night were Jenny Egan in the Contemporary Film category for “Knives Out” and Mayes C. Rubeo in the Period Film category for “Jojo Rabbit.” It’s worth noting that Oscar nominee and potential winner “Little Women’s” Jacqueline Durran, was not nominated by her peers in the latter category.

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The Costume Design Guild announced the 22nd Costume Designer Guild Awards nominations this morning and there were a number of expected nominees. For instance, Michael Travers work for “Hustlers,” Ruth E. Carter’s creations for “Dolemite is My Name” and Julian Day‘s nominations for “Rocketman” were not surprises when the three different film categories were revealed. What was unexpected were the two major designers who didn’t make the cut for their high profile films this year.

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The Costume Designers Guild handed out their 2019 awards on Tuesday night and they recognized two of the major frontrunners for the Costume Design Oscar.  Excellence in Period Film went to Sandy Powell and “The Favourite” and Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy went to Ruth E. Carter for “Black Panther.”  Mary E. Vogt took the Contemporary Film honor for “Crazy Rich Asians,” but the film didn’t earn an Academy Award nomination.

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The Costume Designer Guild became the second to last guild to announce their year-end awards on Thursday (the VFX society is the straggler) and peppered in some unexpectedly fun players amongst the expected nominees.  Awards season contenders such as “A Star is Born,” “Black Panther,” “The Favourite” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” were joined by “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Ocean’s 8,” “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” “A Wrinkle in Time” and “Avengers: Infinity War.”  Surprise omissions included “A Simple Favor,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “Roma” and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” 

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On the television side designers from “Sharp Objects,” “The Marvelous Mrs.

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The Costume Designers Guild handed out second to last industry guild honor of the season Tuesday night (the CAS Awards are Saturday) and they left the audience gagging.  Luis Sequeira‘s work on “The Shape of Water” upset the expected Oscar winner Mark Bridges‘ constructions for “Phantom Thread” in the Excellence in Period Film category.  It doesn’t mean that “Phantom” will lose at the Academy Awards a week from Sunday, but it’s another great sign of broad industry support for Guillermo del Toro‘s hit fantasy flick.

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The nominations for the 20th Costume Designer Guild Awards were revealed today and thanks to three thematic categories for both Movies and TV there were few omissions to complain about.  Expected Oscar nominees “Phantom Thread,” “The Shape of Water” and “The Greatest Showman” all made the cut in the very competitive Period Film field with Jacqueline Durran‘s work in “Darkest Hour” and Ann Roth‘s costumes for “The Post” being the only true snubs (although Durran did earn a Sci-Fi/Fantasy nod for “Beauty and the Beast”).

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