26th Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards: ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Barbie’ Take Top Wins

The fashion of Poor Things, Barbie and Saltburn were the top winners at the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards tonight for film. The Great, Beef and Ashoka won the television categories.

Holly Waddington won for excellence in period film for Poor Things over fellow Oscar nominees Jacqueline West (Killers of the Flower Moon,) Janty Yates & Dave Crossman (Napoleon) and Ellen Mirojnick (Oppenheimer) while Jacqueline Durran’s win for Barbie came from the sci-fi/fantasy film category. In the Oscar race, Poor Things won the BAFTA last week and now the CDG while Barbie has CDG and Critics Choice.

Actor, comedian and producer Wendi McLendon-Covey hosted the event, which took place at at NeueHouse Hollywood.

The Career Achievement went to Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (The Color Purple) and was presented by Danielle Brooks. The CDG Spotlight honored Annette Bening, who was unable to attend due to a recent COVID diagnosis. Costume designer Kelli Jones (Nyad) and Albert Wolsky (Bugsy) accepted on her behalf. Billie Eilish received the Vanguard Spotlight from costume designer Shirley Kurata, thanking hip-hop culture in her speech.

Shawna Trpcic, who passed away in October, had earned double nominated for her television work and for Ahsoka, which took the excellence in sci-fi/fantasy television award. Madonna X Vanity Fair – The Enlightenment (Short Film) won the award for excellence in short form design.

Here is the complete list of winners of the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Excellence in Contemporary Film

• American Fiction – Rudy Mance
• May December – April Napier
• NYAD – Kelli Jones
• Renfield – Lisa Lovaas 
• Saltburn – Sophie Canale – WINNER

Excellence in Period Film

• Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
• Maestro – Mark Bridges
• Napoleon – Janty Yates & Dave Crossman
• Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
• Poor Things – Holly Waddington – WINNER

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

• Barbie – Jacqueline Durran – WINNER
• Haunted Mansion – Jeffrey Kurland
• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Trish Summerville
• The Little Mermaid – Colleen Atwood & Christine Cantella
• Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire – Stephanie Porter

Excellence in Contemporary Television

• The Bear: Fishes – Courtney Wheeler
• BEEF: The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain – Helen Huang – WINNER
• The Last of Us: Endure and Survive – Cynthia Ann Summers
• The Morning Show: The Kármán Line – Sophie de Rakoff & Debra McGuire
• Poker Face: The Orpheus Syndrome – Trayce Gigi Field

Excellence in Period Television

• The Crown: Ritz – Amy Roberts
• Daisy Jones & the Six: Track 8: Looks Like We Made It – Denise Wingate
• George & Tammy: Two Story House – Mitchell Travers
• The Gilded Age: You Don’t Even Like Opera – Kasia Walicka Maimone & Patrick Wiley
•  The Great: Choose Your Weapon – Sharon Long – WINNER

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television

• Ahsoka: Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord – Shawna Trpcic – WINNER
• Loki: 1893 – Christine Wada
• The Mandalorian: Chapter 22: Guns for Hire – Shawna Trpcic
• What We Do in the Shadows: Pride Parade – Laura Montgomery
• The Witcher: The Art of the Illusion – Lucinda Wright

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television

• A Black Lady Sketch Show: Peek-A-Boob, Your Titty’s Out – Michelle Page Collins – WINNER
• Dancing with the Stars: Monster Night – Steven Norman Lee & Daniela Gschwendtner
• The Masked Singer: ’80s Night – Tim Chappel
• The Masked Singer: One Hit Wonders Night – Marina Toybina & Steven Norman Lee
• Saturday Night Live: Aubrey Plaza Host – Tom Broecker, Christina Natividad & Ashley Dudek 

Excellence in Short Form Design 

• American Horror Story: Delicate | Official Teaser (Commercial) – Paula Bradley 
• Blink 182 – DANCE WITH ME (Music Video) – Julie Vogel 
• Great Acting or Great Taste – Pepsi (Commercial) – Heather Allison 
• Jack’s New Angle (Doritos Superbowl) (Commercial) – Trayce Gigi Field 
• Madonna X Vanity Fair – The Enlightenment (Short Film) – B. Åkerlund  – WINNER

Excellence in Costume Illustration

• 1923: War and the Turquoise Tide – Maggie S. Chan
• Haunted Mansion – Barbra Araujo
• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Song Songbirds & Snakes – Oksana Nedavniaya
• Loki: 1893 – Felipe Sanchez
• Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire – Jason Pastrana – WINNER

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