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.
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.
Winners and nominees
1940s
Year |
Category |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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1948 |
Black and white |
Hamlet
– Roger K. Furse |
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Color |
Joan of Arc
– Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska |
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1949 |
Black and white |
The Heiress
– Edith Head and Gile Steele |
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Color |
Adventures of Don Juan
– Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla |
- Mother Is a Freshman - Kay Nelson
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1950s
Year |
Category |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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1950 |
Black and white |
All About Eve
– Edith Head, Charles LeMaire |
- Born Yesterday - Jean Louis
- The Magnificent Yankee - Walter Plunkett
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Color |
Moulin Rouge
– Marcel Vertès |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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From 1957 onwards, the award merged into one category.
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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1957 |
Les Girls
– Orry-Kelly |
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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
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For 1959 the Award was again divided into two awards.
Year |
Category |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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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
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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
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1960s
Year |
Category |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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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
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Color |
Spartacus
– Arlington Valles |
- Can-Can - Irene Sharaff
- Midnight Lace - Irene Lentz
- Pepe - Edith Head
- Sunrise at Campobello - Marjorie Best
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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
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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
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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
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Color |
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
– Mary Wills |
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1963 |
Black and white |
8½
– Piero Gherardi |
- Love with the Proper Stranger - Edith Head
- Toys in the Attic - Bill Thomas
- Wives and Lovers - Edith Head
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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From 1967 the category was merged permanently.
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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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
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1968 |
Romeo and Juliet
– Danilo Donati |
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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
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1970s
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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1970 |
Cromwell
– Vittorio Nino Novarese |
- Airport - Edith Head
- Darling Lili - Jack Bear and Donald Brooks
- The Hawaiians - Bill Thomas
- Scrooge - Margaret Furse
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1971 |
Nicholas and Alexandra
– Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1978 |
Death on the Nile
– Anthony Powell |
- Caravans - Renie Conley
- Days of Heaven - Patricia Norris
- The Swarm - Paul Zastupnevich
- The Wiz - Tony Walton
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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
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1980s
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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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
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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
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1982 |
Gandhi
– Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1990s
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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1990 |
Cyrano de Bergerac
– Franca Squarciapino |
- Avalon - Gloria Gresham
- Dances with Wolves - Elsa Zamparelli
- Dick Tracy - Milena Canonero
- Hamlet - Maurizio Millenotti
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1991 |
Bugsy
– Albert Wolsky |
- The Addams Family - Ruth Myers
- Barton Fink - Richard Hornung
- Hook - Anthony Powell
- Madame Bovary - Corinne Jorry
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1992 |
Bram Stoker's Dracula
– Eiko Ishioka |
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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
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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
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1995 |
Restoration
– James Acheson |
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1996 |
The English Patient
– Ann Roth |
- Angels & Insects - Paul Brown
- Emma - Ruth Myers
- Hamlet - Alexandra Byrne
- The Portrait of a Lady - Janet Patterson
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1997 |
Titanic
– Deborah Lynn Scott |
- Amistad - Ruth E. Carter
- Kundun - Dante Ferretti
- Oscar and Lucinda - Janet Patterson
- The Wings of the Dove - Sandy Powell
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1998 |
Shakespeare in Love
– Sandy Powell |
- Beloved - Colleen Atwood
- Elizabeth - Alexandra Byrne
- Pleasantville - Judianna Makovsky
- Velvet Goldmine - Sandy Powell
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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
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2000s
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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2000 |
Gladiator
– Janty Yates |
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2001 |
Moulin Rouge!
– Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie |
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2002 |
Chicago
– Colleen Atwood |
- Frida - Julie Weiss
- Gangs of New York - Sandy Powell
- The Hours - Ann Roth
- The Pianist - Anna B. Sheppard
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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
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2004 |
The Aviator
– Sandy Powell |
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2005 |
Memoirs of a Geisha
– Colleen Atwood |
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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
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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
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2008 |
The Duchess
– Michael O'Connor |
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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
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2010s
Year |
Winner |
Nominees |
Ref |
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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
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2011 |
The Artist
- Mark Bridges |
- Anonymous – Lisy Christl
- Hugo – Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre – Michael O'Connor
- W.E. – Arianne Phillips
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Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Óscar al mejor diseño de vestuario para niños