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The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was first given out at the 21st Academy Awards, [4] held on March 24, 1949. The award had two subcategories, one for films in black and white and one for films in color. [5]
Oscars – Costume Design (Black-and-White) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
Nov 7, 2021 · The Academy Award for Best Costume Design winners add their own flavor and style to the film, in some cases even a style that audiences wanted to emulate. In this post, we’re going to take a look at the 21st century Best Costume Design winners and see “who wore it best.”
* Costume Design (Black-and-White) - Jean Louis Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Ross Bellah; Set Decoration: William R. Kiernan, Louis Diage
- Adrian
- Travis Banton
- Edith Head
- Orry-Kelly
Born in Nagatuck, Connecticut, Adrian Greenberg, known simply as Adrian, was the chief costume designer at MGM from 1928 to 1941. He worked on iconic films such as Marie Antoinette (1938), The Wizard of Oz (1939), and The Women(1939), marking MGM as the studio where no expense was spared to realise cinematic spectacle. He had close working relation...
Texan Travis Banton was chief designer at Paramount studios from 1929 to 1938, establishing himself as an influential and visionary costumier. Favourite flourishes were contrasting colours, sumptuous fabrics, and an appreciation for heavy decoration and exoticism, generally molded onto a bias cut gown. Banton is associated with the style of many ma...
A young and ambitious Edith Head got her start in Hollywood as a costume sketch artist at Paramount in 1924. By 1938, when Banton left, Head asserted herself as chief designer. She worked for Paramount until 1967, then moved to Universal Pictures, where she remained until her death in 1981. Head designed costumes for more than 400 films, won eight ...
Born in Kiama, New South Wales, this young Australian made his way to the West Coast of America and rose rapidly to the position of head costume designer at Warner Bros. Orry George Kelly was not only a prolific designer, but a tastemaker: his internationally syndicated column, Hollywood Fashion Parade, offered fashion advice to the masses. His ver...
* Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Art Direction: Richard Day, Nathan Juran; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little * Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Arthur Miller * Directing - John Ford * Outstanding Motion Picture - 20th Century-Fox Actress in a Supporting Role - Sara Allgood
Mar 8, 2024 · When the Costume Design Oscar was first introduced, the first films eligible for consideration were those from 1948, separated into different categories for black-and-white films and...
