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