The 11th Costume Designers Guild Awards, honouring the best costume designs in film and television for 2008, were given on February 17, 2009. The nominees were announced on January 13, 2009.

Nominees

Film

Contemporary Film:

• Winner - Suttirat Larlarb – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Rebecca Bentjen and Laura Jean Shannon – Iron Man
  • Ann Roth – Mamma Mia!
  • Patricia Field – Sex and the City
  • Amy Westcott – The Wrestler

Fantasy Film:

• Winner - Lindy Hemming – The Dark Knight
  • Isis Mussenden – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • Sanja Milkovic Hays – The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Period Film:

• Winner - Michael O'Connor – The Duchess
  • Deborah Hopper – Changeling
  • Jacqueline West – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Danny Glicker – Milk
  • Albert Wolsky – Revolutionary Road

Television

Contemporary Series:

• Ugly Betty – Eduardo Castro & Patricia Field
  • 30 Rock – Tom Broecker
  • Dancing with the Stars – Randall Christensen
  • Entourage – Amy Westcott
  • Gossip Girl – Eric Daman

Fantasy or Period Series:

• Mad Men – Janie Bryant
  • Pushing Daisies – Robert Blackman
  • The Tudors – Joan Bergin

Miniseries or Television Film: