27th Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG): ‘Wicked,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Nosferatu’ Take Top Honors
The Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA), which honor achievements of excellence in Costume Design in film, television, short form design, and costume illustration, where Conclave, Nosferatu and Wicked topped the feature film wins.
“When challenges arise, we do not stand alone. We stand together. This past year, that solidarity was put into action in ways that truly mattered, as Los Angeles faced devastating wildfires, unions across entertainment didn’t hesitate. The costume designer guild, along with the Teamsters, basic crafts, SAG AFTRA, the DGA, the WGA and so many others, came together to support the victims to remind our community that no one is forgotten in a time of crisis,” said Costume Designers Guild executive director Brigitta Romanov
At the Oscars, the costume design nominees are Conclave, Gladiator II, Maria, Nosferatu and Wicked.
Oscar and CDG-winning legend Jenny Beavan was honored with the Career Achievement Award. Beavan won Oscar for her work on A Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella, and three CDG awards for The King’s Speech, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella. She was nominated again tonight, her 9th, for the Mad Max prequel Furiosa.
Zoe Saldaña was honored with the Spotlight Award. During her speech, the actress thanked the guild, saying, “You know certain actors have specific items that dictate your character, or they approach their character by having a clear idea of what they wear. That is not me. I am not a trained actor, and I spend most of my time preparing for a role by breathing into a paper bag, attempting not to completely panic.”
Van Smith was posthumously honored with the Edith Head Hall of Fame Award presented by filmmaker John Waters. Smith has been the costume designer for every, and only, John Waters films from 1974’s Female Trouble to 2004’s A Dirty Shame with the exception of one season of NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street in 1993. Smith passed away in 2006.
Award-winning musician and actress Janelle Monáe was honored with the Vanguard Spotlight Award. “I value being welcomed into this community. I love being a part of the non-binary community. I love being I love being transsexual. I love being a part of the LGBTQIA. I love my working-class parents and people like my grandmother, beautiful immigrants, cooking my food and cleaning our homes,” said Monáe.
Salvador Perez was the recipient of the CDGA Distinguished Service Award.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 27th Costume Designers Guild awards.
FILM
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Challengers – Jonathan Anderson
Conclave – Lisy Christl, CDG – WINNER
Emilia Pérez – Virginie Montel
The Fall Guy – Sarah Evelyn, CDG
The Substance – Emmanuelle Youchnovski
Excellence in Period Film
The Book of Clarence – Antoinette Messam, CDG
Gladiator II – Janty Yates, CDG & Dave Crossman
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir – WINNER
Saturday Night – Danny Glicker, CDG
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood, CDG
Borderlands – Daniel Orlandi, CDG
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West, CDG
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan, CDG
Wicked – Paul Tazewell, CDG – WINNER
TELEVISION
Excellence in Contemporary Television
Agatha All Along: Seekest Thou the Road – Daniel Selon, CDG
Baby Reindeer: Episode 4 – Mekel Bailey
Emily in Paris: The Grey Area – Marylin Fitoussi
The Gentlemen: Refined Aggression – Loulou Bontemps
Hacks: Just for Laughs – Kathleen Felix-Hager, CDG – WINNER
Excellence in Period Television
Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton – John Glaser
FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans: Hats, Gloves and Effete Homosexuals – Lou Eyrich, CDG & Rudy Mance, CDG
Palm Royale: Maxine Throws a Party – Alix Friedberg, CDG & Leigh Bell, CDG
Ripley: IV La Dolce Vita – Maurizio Millenotti & Gianni Casalnuovo
SHŌGUN: Ladies of the Willow World – Carlos Rosario, CDG – WINNER
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
Agatha All Along: If I Can’t Reach You/Let My Song Teach You – Daniel Selon, CDG
Dune: Prophecy: The Hidden Hand – Bojana Nikitovic – WINNER
Fallout: The Target – Amy Westcott, CDG
House of the Dragon: The Red Dragon and the Gold – Caroline McCall
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Doomed to Die – Luca Mosca, CDG & Katherine Burchill & Libby Dempster
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Killer Dolls – Gioffrè Vincenzo
Dancing with the Stars: Soul Train Night – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Daniela Gschwendtner, CDG
The Masked Singer: Who Can it Be Now? – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Luke D’Alessandro, CDG – WINNER
Saturday Night Live: Ariana Grande Host – Tom Broeker, CDG & Ashley Dudek & Cristina Natividad
We’re Here: Oklahoma, Part 3 – Diego Montoya & Marco Morante; Derek Anthony Purcell & Amber Watkins
Excellence in Short Form Design
Can’t B Broken: Beyoncé: Verizon – Shiona Turini, CDG – WINNER
Chapter 1: “Launderette” reimagined with Beyoncé: Levis – Shiona Turini, CDG
Dandyland: 102 – Rafaella Rabinovich
Tick Tick Tick – Samantha Kuester, CDG
Volkswagen: An American Love Story – Jenny Eagan, CDG
Excellence in Costume Illustration
Agatha All Along – Imogene Chayes, CDG Illustrator
Joker: Folie à Deux – Edwardo Lucero, CDG Illustrator
The Masked Singer – Barbra Araujo, CDG Illustrator
SHŌGUN – James Holland, CDG Illustrator – WINNER
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