BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Currently held by | Paul Tazewell for Wicked (2024) |
The BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design is a special prize given to the best costume designer of the year. It's part of the annual British Academy Film Awards, which are like the British version of the Oscars.
This award celebrates the amazing clothes and outfits you see in movies. The right costumes help tell the story, show a character's personality, and make the world of the film feel real.
The award is given out by BAFTA, a British group that also gives awards for great television shows and video games. The first award for costume design was given all the way back in 1964.
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What is Costume Design?
Costume design is the art of creating the outfits that actors wear in a movie. A costume designer is like a fashion designer, but for films. They have to think about a lot of things:
- The Time Period: Is the movie set in the past, present, or future? The clothes need to look right for that time. For example, a movie set in the 1920s will have very different clothes than a sci-fi movie set in 2200.
- The Character: What is the character like? Are they rich or poor, brave or shy? Their clothes can tell us a lot about them before they even say a word.
- The Story: Costumes can show how a character changes. Maybe they start out in simple clothes and end up wearing a superhero suit!
Designers research, sketch, and choose fabrics to bring their ideas to life. They work with a large team to make sure every single piece of clothing looks perfect on screen.
Famous Winners and Nominees
Over the years, many incredible films have won or been nominated for this award. The winners are shown in bold with a gold background in the lists below. The year shows when the movie was released.
2020s
| Year | Film | Designer |
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(77th) |
Poor Things | Holly Waddington |
| Barbie | Jacqueline Durran | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Jacqueline West | |
| Napoleon | Dave Crossman and Janty Yates | |
| Oppenheimer | Ellen Mirojnick | |
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(76th) |
Elvis | Catherine Martin |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Lisy Christl | |
| Amsterdam | J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky | |
| Babylon | Mary Zophres | |
| Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris | Jenny Beavan | |
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(75th) |
Cruella | Jenny Beavan |
| Cyrano | Massimo Cantini Parrini | |
| Dune | Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West | |
| The French Dispatch | Milena Canonero | |
| Nightmare Alley | Luis Sequeira | |
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(74th) |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ann Roth |
| Ammonite | Michael O'Connor | |
| The Dig | Alice Babidge | |
| Emma | Alexandra Byrne | |
| Mank | Trish Summerville |
2010s
| Year | Film | Designer |
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(73rd) |
Little Women | Jacqueline Durran |
| The Irishman | Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson | |
| Jojo Rabbit | Mayes C. Rubeo | |
| Judy | Jany Temime | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Arianne Phillips | |
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(72nd) |
The Favourite | Sandy Powell |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Mary Zophres | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Julian Day | |
| Mary Poppins Returns | Sandy Powell | |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Alexandra Byrne | |
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(69th) |
Mad Max: Fury Road | Jenny Beavan |
| Brooklyn | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | |
| Carol | Sandy Powell | |
| Cinderella | ||
| The Danish Girl | Paco Delgado | |
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(64th) |
Alice in Wonderland | Colleen Atwood |
| Black Swan | Amy Westcott | |
| The King's Speech | Jenny Beavan | |
| Made in Dagenham | Louise Stjernsward | |
| True Grit | Mary Zophres |
2000s
| Year | Film | Designer |
|---|---|---|
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(56th) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor |
| Catch Me If You Can | Mary Zophres | |
| Chicago | Colleen Atwood | |
| Frida | Julie Weiss | |
| Gangs of New York | Sandy Powell | |
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(55th) |
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 | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie | |
| Planet of the Apes | Colleen Atwood |
1970s
| Year | Film | Designer |
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(32nd) |
Death on the Nile | Anthony Powell |
| The Duellists | Tom Rand | |
| Julia | Anthea Sylbert, Joan Bridge and Annalisa Nasalli-Rocca | |
| Star Wars | John Mollo |
Top Designers
Some costume designers are so talented that they have been nominated for this award many times. They are the superstars of the movie fashion world!
Most Nominations
- 16 nominations: Sandy Powell
- 11 nominations: Colleen Atwood and Jacqueline Durran
- 10 nominations: Jenny Beavan
- 8 nominations: Milena Canonero
Most Wins
- 4 wins: Jenny Beavan
- 3 wins: Colleen Atwood, Milena Canonero, Jacqueline Durran, Catherine Martin, and Sandy Powell
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA al mejor diseño de vestuario para niños
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Costume Design
- Saturn Award for Best Costume Design
