The Costume Designers Guild has announced nominations for the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards, including ‘Wicked’, ‘Gladiator 2’, ‘Maria’, ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Dune: Part Two’.
The costume designers behind ‘The Book of Clarence’, ‘Gladiator II’, ‘Maria’, ‘Nosferatu’ and
“Saturday Night” will compete for the top prize for excellence in historical films, while the craftsmen behind “Challengers,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” “The Fall Guy” and “The Substance” will compete for excellence in contemporary costuming. .
“Wicked’s” Paul Tazewell is nominated in the category of Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film. This is his fifth guild nomination. He won in 2021 for “Hamilton” in the category of excellence in variety, reality competition or live television. Tazewell has emerged as the frontrunner for the costume Oscar. If he does, he will make history as the first black man to win that category.
For “Wicked,” Tazewell anchored Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda in opposing gazes. When audiences first meet Glinda, she’s floating over Munchkinland in her pink bubble dress. Later, when Elphaba is introduced, she is wearing black. Those opposing colors remain consistent throughout the film. Tazewell paid tribute to both the Broadway musical on which the film is based and the film “The Wizard of Oz” in his designs by incorporating subtle Easter eggs.
“Gladiator 2” costume designer Janty Yates received her fifth guild nomination — she has never won at the guild, although she won an Oscar in 2000 for her work on “Gladiator.”
For the film’s sequel, she worked with David Crossman to build the looks. Her focus was on Denzel Washington’s Macrinus and Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla. For Washington’s wealthy power broker, she draped him in rich imported fabrics such as silk and adorned him with jewelry.
Other nominated costume designers include this year’s Variety creative impact in costume design honoree, Colleen Atwood for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Massimo Cantini Parrini for “Maria,” Linda Muir for “Nosferatu” and Jonathan Anderson for “Challengers.”
“Challengers” was Anderson’s first foray into film costume design. Anderson is creative director of Loewe and has his own fashion label JW Anderson. He dressed his preppy tennis players (Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist) in trendy tennis brands, Juicy Couture zip-up hoodies and in one scene he gave Tashi (Zendaya) Chanel espadrilles to wear while she watched a match at center court .
On the TV side, the costume designers behind “Baby Reindeer,” “Shōgun,” “Dune Prophecy” and “Agatha All along” were nominated.
“I am pleased to congratulate all of the nominees for this year’s CDGA. Your exceptional creativity
and dedication continue to elevate the art of costume design. We look forward to celebrating your party
incredible performance on this magical evening. Best wishes to each nominee,” said Terry
Gordon, President of the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892.
The CDGA ceremony will take place on February 6 at The Ebell in Los Angeles. The winners in the nine categories will be announced live during the event.
Western Costume returns as premiere sponsor of the 27th CDGA. The host, presenters and
Additional sponsors and honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.
View the full list of nominations below.
Excellence in Contemporary Film
“Challengers” – Jonathan Anderson
“Conclave” – Lisy Christl, CDG
“Emilia Pérez” – Virginie Montel
“The Fall Guy” – Sarah Evelyn, CDG
“The Substance” – Emmanuelle Youchnovski
Excellence in Historical Films
“The Book of Clarence” – Antoinette Messam, CDG
“Gladiator II” – Janty Yates, CDG and Dave Crossman
“Maria” – Massimo Cantini Parrini
“Nosferatu” – Linda Muir
“Saturday Night” – Danny Glicker, CDG
Excellence in science fiction/fantasy films
“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” – Colleen Atwood, CDG
“Borderlands” – Daniel Orlandi, CDG
“Dune: Part Two” – Jacqueline West, CDG
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” – Jenny Beavan, CDG
“Bad” – Paul Tazewell, CDG
Excellence in Contemporary Television
“Agatha all the time: find the way” – Daniel Selon, CDG
“Baby Reindeer: Episode 4” – Mekel Bailey
“Emily in Paris: the gray area” – Marylin Fitoussi
“The gentlemen: refined aggression” – Loulou Bontemps
“Hacks: Just for Laughs” – Kathleen Felix-Hager, CDG
Excellence in Historical Television
“Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton” – John Glaser
“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans: Hats, Gloves and Effete Homosexuals” – Lou Eyrich, CDG
& Rudy Mance, CDG
“Palm Royal: Maxine is throwing a party” – Alix Friedberg, CDG & Leigh Bell, CDG
“Ripley: IV La Dolce Vita” – Maurizio Millenotti & Gianni Casalnuovo
“Shogun “Ladies of the Willow World” – Carlos Rosario, CDG
Excellence in Science Fiction/Fantasy Television
“Agatha all the time: if I can’t reach you / let my song teach you – Daniel Selon, CDG
“Dune: Prophecy: The Hidden Hand – Bojana Nikitovic
“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
“Dragula of the Boulet brothers: Killer Dolls” – Gioffrè Vincenzo
“Dancing with the Stars: Soul Train Night” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Daniela
Gschwendtner, CDG
“The Masked Singer: Who Could It Be Now?” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Luke
D’Alessandro, CDG
“Saturday Night Live: Ariana Grande Host” – Tome Broeker, CDG & Ashley Dudek &
Cristina Natividad
“We Are Here: Oklahoma, Part 3” – Diego Montoya & Marco Morante; Dirk Anthony
Purcell and Amber Watkins
Excellence in short form design
“Can’t B Broken: Beyoncé: Verizon” – Shiona Turini, CDG
“Chapter 1: “Laundry” 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 Around” – Imogene Chayes, CDG illustrator
“Joker: Folie à Deux” – Edwardo Lucero, CDG illustrator
“The Masked Singer” – Barbra Araugo, CDG illustrator
“Shogun” – James Holland, CDG illustrator