The 2024 Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) honored outstanding achievements in costume design across film and television, with Barbie, Poor Things, and Saltburn emerging as winners.
Jacqueline Durran, the costume designer for Barbie, secured the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film award, while Holly Waddington of Poor Things received the Excellence in Period Film accolade. Sophie Canale’s work in Saltburn earned her the Excellence in Contemporary Film trophy.
Barbie and Poor Things, along with Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West), Napoleon (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman), and Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick), are all nominated for the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
In the television categories, Beef, The Great, and Ahsoka claimed the Excellence in Contemporary, Period, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television awards, respectively.
The CDGA Awards ceremony, hosted by Wendi McLendon-Covey, also featured special honors for Annette Bening, Billie Eilish, and Francine Jamison-Tanchuck. Bening received the Spotlight Award for her enduring commitment to excellence in acting, recognized by Nyad costume designer Kelli Jones and costume designer Albert Wolsky.
Eilish was honored with the Vanguard Spotlight Award for her groundbreaking achievements in music and visionary courage, celebrated by Shirley Kurata, who designed Eilish’s Oscar-nominated Barbie soundtrack contribution, What Was I Made For.
The Career Achievement Award was presented to Francine Jamison-Tanchuck by Danielle Brooks of The Color Purple.
Full list of CDGA nominees and winners below:
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; Austin Wittick, ACD; YJ Hwang, ACD (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)
REELated:
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
- Ahsoka: Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord – Shawna Trpcic, Elissa Alcala, ACD (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, Wyandon Lubom, ACD (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)
The 26th CDGA Awards ceremony took place at NeueHouse in Los Angeles, marking another year of celebration and recognition within the costume design industry.
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