Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
First awarded	1949
Most recent winner	Ruth E. Carter Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Website	oscars.org

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards of Merit. It is given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in movie costume design.^[1]

It was first given for movies made in 1948. This was when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the academy has not given out the award to contemporary movies very often.^[2]

Winners and nominees

1940s

Year	Category	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1948
	Black and white	Hamlet – Roger K. Furse	B.F.'s Daughter - Irene Lentz	^[3]
	Color	Joan of Arc – Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska	The Emperor Waltz - Edith Head and Gile Steele	^[3]
1949
	Black and white	The Heiress – Edith Head and Gile Steele	Prince of Foxes - Vittorio Nino Novarese	^[4]
	Color	Adventures of Don Juan – Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla	Mother Is a Freshman - Kay Nelson	^[4]

1950s

Year	Category	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1950
	Black and white	All About Eve – Edith Head, Charles LeMaire	Born Yesterday - Jean Louis The Magnificent Yankee - Walter Plunkett	^[5]
	Color	Samson and Delilah – Edith Head, Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling	The Black Rose - Michael Whittaker That Forsyte Woman - Walter Plunkett, Arlington Valles	^[5]
1951
	Black and white	A Place in the Sun – Edith Head	Kind Lady - Walter Plunkett, Gile Steele (posthumous nomination) The Model and the Marriage Broker - Charles LeMaire, Renie Conley The Mudlark - Edward Stevenson, Margaret Furse A Streetcar Named Desire - Lucinda Ballard	^[6]
	Color	An American in Paris – Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff	David and Bathsheba - Charles LeMaire, Edward Stevenson The Great Caruso - Helen Rose, Gile Steele (posthumous nomination) Quo Vadis? - Herschel McCoy The Tales of Hoffmann - Hein Heckroth	^[6]
1952
	Black and white	The Bad and the Beautiful – Helen Rose	Affair in Trinidad - Jean Louis Carrie - Edith Head My Cousin Rachel - Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins Sudden Fear - Sheila O'Brien	^[7]
	Color	Moulin Rouge – Marcel Vertès	The Greatest Show on Earth - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White Hans Christian Andersen - Antoni Clavé, Mary Wills, Barbara Karinska The Merry Widow - Helen Rose, Gile Steele (posthumous nomination)	^[7]
1953
	Black and white	Roman Holiday – Edith Head	The Actress - Walter Plunkett Dream Wife - Helen Rose, Herschel McCoy From Here to Eternity - Jean Louis The President's Lady - Charles LeMaire, Renie Conley	^[8]
	Color	The Robe – Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago	The Band Wagon - Mary Ann Nyberg Call Me Madam - Irene Sharaff How to Marry a Millionaire - Charles LeMaire, William Travilla Young Bess - Walter Plunkett	^[8]
1954
	Black and white	Sabrina – Edith Head	The Earrings of Madame de... - Georges Annenkov, Rosine Delamare Executive Suite - Helen Rose Indiscretion of an American Wife - Christian Dior It Should Happen To You - Jean Louis	^[9]
	Color	Gate of Hell – Sanzo Wada	Brigadoon - Irene Sharaff Désirée - Charles LeMaire, Rene Hubert A Star Is Born - Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg, Irene Sharaff There's No Business Like Show Business - Charles LeMaire, William Travilla, Miles White	^[9]
1955
	Black and white	I'll Cry Tomorrow – Helen Rose	The Pickwick Papers - Beatrice Dawson Queen Bee - Jean Louis The Rose Tattoo - Edith Head Ugetsu - Tadaoto Kainosho	^[10]
	Color	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Charles LeMaire	Guys and Dolls - Irene Sharaff Interrupted Melody - Helen Rose To Catch a Thief - Edith Head The Virgin Queen - Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills	^[10]
1956
	Black and white	The Solid Gold Cadillac – Jean Louis	Seven Samurai - Kohei Ezaki The Power and the Prize - Helen Rose The Proud and Profane - Edith Head Teenage Rebel - Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills	^[11]
	Color	The King and I – Irene Sharaff	Around the World in 80 Days - Miles White Giant - Moss Mabry, Marjorie Best The Ten Commandments - Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg War and Peace - Marie de Matteis	^[11]

From 1957 onwards, the award merged into one category.

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1957	Les Girls – Orry-Kelly	An Affair to Remember - Charles LeMaire Funny Face - Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy Pal Joey - Jean Louis Raintree County - Walter Plunkett	^[12]
1958	Gigi – Cecil Beaton	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	^[13]

For 1959 the Award was again divided into two awards.

Year	Category	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1959
	Black and white	Some Like It Hot – Orry-Kelly	Career - Edith Head The Diary of Anne Frank - Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills The Gazebo - Helen Rose The Young Philadelphians - Howard Shoup	^[14]
	Color	Ben-Hur – Elizabeth Haffenden	The Best of Everything - Adele Palmer The Big Fisherman - Renie Conley The Five Pennies - Edith Head Porgy and Bess - Irene Sharaff	^[14]

1960s

Year	Category	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1960
	Black and white	The Facts of Life – Edith Head and Edward Stevenson	Never on Sunday - Danny Vachlioti The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond - Howard Shoup Seven Thieves - Bill Thomas The Virgin Spring - Marik Vos	^[15]
	Color	Spartacus – Arlington Valles	Can-Can - Irene Sharaff Midnight Lace - Irene Lentz Pepe - Edith Head Sunrise at Campobello - Marjorie Best	^[15]
1961
	Black and white	La Dolce Vita – Piero Gherardi	The Children's Hour - Dorothy Jeakins Claudell Inglish - Howard Shoup Judgment at Nuremberg - Jean Louis Yojimbo - Yoshirō Muraki	^[16]
	Color	West Side Story – Irene Sharaff	Babes in Toyland - Bill Thomas Back Street - Jean Louis Flower Drum Song - Irene Sharaff Pocketful of Miracles - Edith Head and Walter Plunkett	^[16]
1962
	Black and white	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Norma Koch	Days of Wine and Roses - Don Feld The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Edith Head The Miracle Worker - Ruth Morley Phaedra - Denny Vachlioti	^[17]
	Color	The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Mary Wills	Bon Voyage! - Bill Thomas Gypsy - Orry-Kelly The Music Man - Dorothy Jeakins My Geisha - Edith Head	^[17]
1963
	Black and white	8½ – Piero Gherardi	Love with the Proper Stranger - Edith Head The Stripper - William Travilla Toys in the Attic - Bill Thomas Wives and Lovers - Edith Head	^[18]
	Color	Cleopatra – Renie Conley, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff	The Cardinal - Donald Brooks How the West Was Won - Walter Plunkett The Leopard - Piero Tosi A New Kind of Love - Edith Head	^[18]
1964
	Black and white	The Night of the Iguana – Dorothy Jeakins	A House Is Not a Home - Edith Head Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Norma Koch Kisses for My President - Howard Shoup The Visit - René Hubert	^[19]
	Color	My Fair Lady – Cecil Beaton	Becket - Margaret Furse Mary Poppins - Tony Walton The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Morton Haack What a Way to Go! - Edith Head, Moss Mabry	^[19]
1965
	Black and white	Darling – Julie Harris	Morituri - Moss Mabry A Rage to Live - Howard Shoup Ship of Fools - Jean Louis and Bill Thomas The Slender Thread - Edith Head	^[20]
	Color	Doctor Zhivago – Phyllis Dalton	The Agony and the Ecstasy - Vittorio Nino Novarese The Greatest Story Ever Told - Marjorie Best and Vittorio Nino Novarese Inside Daisy Clover - Edith Head and Bill Thomas The Sound of Music - Dorothy Jeakins	^[20]
1966
	Black and white	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Irene Sharaff	The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Danilo Donati Mandragola - Danilo Donati Mister Buddwing - Helen Rose Morgan! - Jocelyn Rickards	^[21]
	Color	A Man for All Seasons – Elizabeth Haffenden	Gambit - Jean Louis Hawaii - Dorothy Jeakins Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) - Piero Gherardi The Oscar - Edith Head	^[21]

From 1967 the category was merged permanently.

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1967	Camelot – John Truscott	Bonnie and Clyde - Theadora Van Runkle The Happiest Millionaire - Bill Thomas The Taming of the Shrew - Danilo Donati and Irene Sharaff Thoroughly Modern Millie - Jean Louis	^[22]
1968	Romeo and Juliet – Danilo Donati	The Lion in Winter - Margaret Furse Oliver! - Phyllis Dalton Planet of the Apes - Morton Haack Star! - Donald Brooks	^[23]
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days – Margaret Furse	Hello, Dolly! - Irene Sharaff Gaily, Gaily - Ray Aghayan Sweet Charity - Edith Head They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Don Feld	^[24]

1970s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1970	Cromwell – Vittorio Nino Novarese	Airport - Edith Head Darling Lili - Jack Bear and Donald Brooks The Hawaiians - Bill Thomas Scrooge - Margaret Furse	^[25]
1971	Nicholas and Alexandra – Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo	Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Bill Thomas Death in Venice - Piero Tosi Mary, Queen of Scots - Margaret Furse What's the Matter with Helen? - Morton Haack	^[26]
1972	Travels with My Aunt – Anthony Powell	The Godfather - Anna Hill Johnstone Lady Sings the Blues - Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch and Bob Mackie The Poseidon Adventure - Paul Zastupnevich Young Winston - Anthony Mendleson	^[27]
1973	The Sting – Edith Head	Cries and Whispers - Marik Vos Ludwig - Piero Tosi Tom Sawyer - Don Feld The Way We Were - Dorothy Jeakins and Moss Mabry	^[28]
1974	The Great Gatsby – Theoni V. Aldredge	Chinatown - Anthea Sylbert Daisy Miller - John Furness The Godfather Part II - Theadora Van Runkle Murder on the Orient Express - Tony Walton	^[29]
1975	Barry Lyndon – Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Soderlund	The Four Musketeers - Yvonne Blake and Ron Talsky Funny Lady - Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie The Magic Flute - Karin Erskine and Henny Noremark The Man Who Would Be King - Edith Head	^[30]
1976	Fellini's Casanova – Danilo Donati	Bound for Glory - William Ware Theiss The Incredible Sarah - Anthony Mendleson The Passover Plot - Mary Wills The Seven-Per-Cent Solution - Alan Barrett	^[31]
1977	Star Wars – John Mollo	Airport '77 - Edith Head and Burton Miller Julia - Anthea Sylbert A Little Night Music - Florence Klotz The Other Side of Midnight - Irene Sharaff	^[32]
1978	Death on the Nile – Anthony Powell	Caravans - Renie Conley Days of Heaven - Patricia Norris The Swarm - Paul Zastupnevich The Wiz - Tony Walton	^[33]
1979	All That Jazz – Albert Wolsky	Agatha - Shirley Ann Russell The Bird Cage (La cage aux folles) - Ambra Danon and Piero Tosi Butch and Sundance: The Early Days - William Ware Theiss The Europeans - Judy Moorcroft	^[34]

1980s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1980	Tess – Anthony Powell	The Elephant Man - Patricia Norris My Brilliant Career - Anna Senior Somewhere in Time - Jean-Pierre Dorleac When Time Ran Out - Paul Zastupnevich	^[35]
1981	Chariots of Fire – Milena Canonero	The French Lieutenant's Woman - Tom Rand Pennies from Heaven - Bob Mackie Ragtime - Anna Hill Johnstone Reds - Shirley Ann Russell	^[36]
1982	Gandhi – Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo	Sophie's Choice - Albert Wolsky La Traviata - Piero Tosi Tron - Elois Jenssen and Rosanna Norton Victor Victoria - Patricia Norris	^[37]
1983	Fanny and Alexander – Marik Vos	Cross Creek - Joe I. Tompkins Heart Like a Wheel - William Ware Theiss The Return of Martin Guerre - Anne-Marie Marchand Zelig - Santo Loquasto	^[38]
1984	Amadeus – Theodor Pistek	2010 - Patricia Norris The Bostonians - Jenny Beavan and John Bright A Passage to India - Judy Moorcroft Places in the Heart - Ann Roth	^[39]
1985	Ran – Emi Wada	The Color Purple - Aggie Guerard Rodgers The Journey of Natty Gann - Albert Wolsky Out of Africa - Milena Canonero Prizzi's Honor - Donfeld	^[40]
1986	A Room with a View – Jenny Beavan and John Bright	The Mission - Enrico Sabbatini Otello - Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti Peggy Sue Got Married - Theadora Van Runkle Pirates - Anthony Powell	^[41]
1987	The Last Emperor – James Acheson	The Dead - Dorothy Jeakins Empire of the Sun - Bob Ringwood Maurice - Jenny Beavan and John Bright The Untouchables - Marilyn Vance-Straker	^[42]
1988	Dangerous Liaisons – James Acheson	Coming to America - Deborah Nadoolman A Handful of Dust - Jane Robinson Sunset - Patricia Norris Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Milena Canonero	^[43]
1989	Henry V – Phyllis Dalton	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Gabriella Pescucci Driving Miss Daisy - Elizabeth McBride Harlem Nights - Joe I. Tompkins Valmont - Theodor Pištěk	^[44]

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
1990	Cyrano de Bergerac – Franca Squarciapino	Avalon - Gloria Gresham Dances with Wolves - Elsa Zamparelli Dick Tracy - Milena Canonero Hamlet - Maurizio Millenotti	^[45]
1991	Bugsy – Albert Wolsky	The Addams Family - Ruth Myers Barton Fink - Richard Hornung Hook - Anthony Powell Madame Bovary - Corinne Jorry	^[46]
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula – Eiko Ishioka	Enchanted April - Sheena Napier Howards End - Jenny Beavan and John Bright Malcolm X - Ruth Carter Toys - Albert Wolsky	^[47]
1993	The Age of Innocence – Gabriella Pescucci	Orlando - Sandy Powell The Piano - Janet Patterson The Remains of the Day - Jenny Beavan and John Bright Schindler's List - Anna B. Sheppard	^[48]
1994	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner	Bullets Over Broadway - Jeffrey Kurland Little Women - Colleen Atwood Maverick - April Ferry Queen Margot (La reine Margot) - Moidele Bickel	^[49]
1995	Restoration – James Acheson	Braveheart - Charles Knode Richard III - Shuna Harwood Sense and Sensibility - Jenny Beavan and John Bright 12 Monkeys - Julie Weiss	^[50]
1996	The English Patient – Ann Roth	Angels & Insects - Paul Brown Emma - Ruth Myers Hamlet - Alexandra Byrne The Portrait of a Lady - Janet Patterson	^[51]
1997	Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott	Amistad - Ruth E. Carter Kundun - Dante Ferretti Oscar and Lucinda - Janet Patterson The Wings of the Dove - Sandy Powell	^[52]
1998	Shakespeare in Love – Sandy Powell	Beloved - Colleen Atwood Elizabeth - Alexandra Byrne Pleasantville - Judianna Makovsky Velvet Goldmine - Sandy Powell	^[53]
1999	Topsy-Turvy – Lindy Hemming	Anna and the King - Jenny Beavan Sleepy Hollow - Colleen Atwood The Talented Mr. Ripley - Gary Jones and Ann Roth Titus - Milena Canonero	^[54]

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
2000	Gladiator – Janty Yates	102 Dalmatians - Anthony Powell Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Yip How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Rita Ryack Quills - Jacqueline West	^[55]
2001	Moulin Rouge! – Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie	The Affair of the Necklace - Milena Canonero Gosford Park - Jenny Beavan Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Judianna Makovsky The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor	^[56]
2002	Chicago – Colleen Atwood	Frida - Julie Weiss Gangs of New York - Sandy Powell The Hours - Ann Roth The Pianist - Anna B. Sheppard	^[57]
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor	Girl with a Pearl Earring - Dien van Straalen The Last Samurai - Ngila Dickson Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Wendy Stites Seabiscuit - Judianna Makovsky	^[58]
2004	The Aviator – Sandy Powell	Finding Neverland - Alexandra Byrne Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Colleen Atwood Ray - Sharen Davis Troy - Bob Ringwood	^[59]
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha – Colleen Atwood	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Gabriella Pescucci Mrs Henderson Presents - Sandy Powell Pride & Prejudice - Jacqueline Durran Walk the Line - Arianne Phillips	^[60]
2006	Marie Antoinette – Milena Canonero	Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) - Chung Man Yee The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis The Queen - Consolata Boyle	^[61]
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Alexandra Byrne	Across the Universe - Albert Wolsky Atonement - Jacqueline Durran La Vie en Rose (posthumous nomination) - Marit Allen Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood	^[62]
2008	The Duchess – Michael O'Connor	Australia - Catherine Martin The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West Milk - Danny Glicker Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky	^[63]
2009	The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell	Bright Star - Janet Patterson Coco Before Chanel - Catherine Leterrier The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Monique Prudhomme Nine - Colleen Atwood	^[64]

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
2010	Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood	I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan The Tempest – Sandy Powell True Grit – Mary Zophres	^[65]
2011	The Artist - Mark Bridges	Anonymous – Lisy Christl Hugo – Sandy Powell Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor W.E. – Arianne Phillips	^[66]
2012	Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran	Les Misérables – Paco Delgado Lincoln – Joanna Johnston Mirror Mirror (posthumous nomination) – Eiko Ishioka Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood	^[67]
2013	The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin	12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping The Invisible Woman– Michael O'Connor	^[68]
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero	Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard^{[note 1]} Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran	^[69]
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan	Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado The Revenant – Jacqueline West	^[70]
2016	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood	Allied – Joanna Johnston Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle Jackie – Madeline Fontaine La La Land – Mary Zophres	^[71]
2017	Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges	Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira Victoria & Abdul – Consolata Boyle	^[72]
2018	Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres The Favourite – Sandy Powell Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne	^[73]
2019	Little Women – Jacqueline Durran	The Irishman – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo Joker – Mark Bridges Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips	^[74]

2020s

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref
2020	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth	Emma. – Alexandra Byrne Mank – Trish Summerville Mulan – Bina Daigeler Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini	^[75]
2021	Cruella – Jenny Beavan	Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran Dune – Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira West Side Story – Paul Tazewell	^[76]
2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter	Babylon – Mary Zophres Elvis – Catherine Martin Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan	^[77]