Oscar / Best Costume Design
With the Oscar for best costume design are costume designers honored a film. It was first awarded in this category in 1949. At times there were separate awards for black and white and color films.
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Most frequently honored costume designer | Edith Head (8 wins) |
Most frequently nominated costume designer | Edith Head (35 nominations) |
Most frequently nominated costume designer without a win | Patricia Norris (6 nominations) |
In the table below, the winners are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.
1949-1950
year | Award winners | for the movie | Nominations |
1949 | Black and white: Roger K. Furse |
Hamlet | Irene for BF's Daughter |
Color: Dorothy Jeakins Barbara Karinska |
Joan of Arc | Edith Head and Gile Steele for I kiss your hand, Madame | |
1950 | Black and white: Edith Head Gile Steele |
The heiress | Vittorio Nino Novarese for In the Clutches of Borgia |
Color: Leah Rhodes William Travilla Marjorie Best |
Don Juan's love affairs | Kay Nelson for The Love Professor |