The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was first given in 1949 for films made in 1948. At the time, two awards were were given to costume designers for achievement in black-and-white films and color films. It wasn’t until 1967 when the categories officially merged.
Notable winners through the years include the late Edith Head, who won a record eight Oscars for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy’s history, as well as Milena Canonero and Colleen Atwood, who are the most-honored living designers, winning four Oscars each.
Head designed for Hollywood’s biggest stars throughout her career — most notably Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and many more.
Today, memorable movies that were honored for its costumes include “Black Panther” — where designer Ruth Carter took home the Oscar becoming the first African-American to win an Academy Award in that category — “Cruella,” which won in 2022, as well as “The Great Gatsby” and “Moulin Rouge.”
Keep scrolling to see every Oscar winner for Best Costume through the years.
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2022
Image Credit: ©Disney+/Courtesy Everett Colle “Cruella” with costume design by Jenny Beavan.
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2021
Image Credit: ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Colle “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with costume design by Ann Roth.
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2020
Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve “Little Women” with costume design by Jacqueline Durran.
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2019
Image Credit: ©Walt Disney Co./courtesy Evere “Black Panther” with costume design by Ruth Carter.
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2018
Image Credit: ©Focus Features/courtesy Everet “Phantom Thread” with costume design by Mark Bridges.
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2017
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett C “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” with costume design by Colleen Atwood.
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2016
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett C “Mad Max: Fury Road” with costume design by Jenny Beavan.
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2015
Image Credit: ©Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Evere “The Grand Budapest Hotel” with costume design by Milena Canonero.
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2014
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett C “The Great Gatsby” with costume design by Catherine Martin.
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2013
Image Credit: ©Focus Features/Courtesy Everet “Anna Karenina” with costume design by Jacqueline Durran.
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2012
Image Credit: ©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Eve “The Artist” with costume design by Mark Bridges.
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2011
Image Credit: ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Evere “Alice in Wonderland” with costume design by Colleen Atwood.
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2010
Image Credit: Momentum Pictures/Courtesy Evere “The Young Victoria” with costume design by Sandy Powell.
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2009
Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Col “The Duchess” with costume design by Michael O’Connor.
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2008
Image Credit: ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” with costume design by Alexandra Byrne.
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2007
Image Credit: ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett “Marie Antoinette” with costume design by Milena Canonero.
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2006
Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve “Memoirs of a Geisha” with costume design by Colleen Atwood.
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2005
Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Colle “The Aviator” with costume design by Sandy Powell.
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2004
Image Credit: ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Evere “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” with costume design by Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor.
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2003
Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Colle “Chicago” with costume design by Colleen Atwood.
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2002
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “Moulin Rouge!” with costume design by Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie.
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2001
Image Credit: ©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Co “Gladiator” with costume design by Janty Yates.
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2000
Image Credit: ©October Films/Courtesy Everett “Topsy-Turvy” with costume design by Lindy Hemming.
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1999
Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Colle “Shakespeare In Love” with costume design by Sandy Powell.
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1998
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “Titanic” with costume design by Deborah L. Scott.
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1997
Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Colle “The English Patient” with costume design by Ann Roth.
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1996
Image Credit: ©Miramax/Courtesy Everett Colle “Restoration” with costume design by James Acheson.
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1995
Image Credit: ©GramercyPictures/Courtesy Ever “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” with costume design by Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel.
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1994
Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve “The Age of Innocence” with costume design by Gabriella Pescucci.
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1993
Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” with costume design by Eiko Ishioka.
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1992
Image Credit: ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Ever “Bugsy” with costume design by Albert Wolsky.
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1991
Image Credit: ©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy E “Cryano de Bergerac” with costume design by Franca Squarciapino.
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1990
Image Credit: ©Samuel Goldwyn Films/Courtesy “Henry V” with costume design by Phyllis Dalton.
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1989
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett C “Dangerous Liaisons” with costume design by James Acheson.
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1988
Image Credit: ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve “The Last Emperor” with costume design by James Acheson.
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1987
Image Credit: ©Cinecom Pictures/Courtesy Ever “A Room With a View” with costume design by Jenny Beavan, John Bright.
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1986
Image Credit: ©Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy E “Ran” with costume design by Emi Wada.
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1985
Image Credit: ©Saul Zaentz Company/Courtesy E “Amadeus” with costume design by Theodor Pistek.
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1984
Image Credit: ©Embassy Pictures/Courtesy Ever “Fanny and Alexander” with costume design by Marik Vos.
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1983
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Gandhi” with costume design by John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya.
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1982
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “Chariots of Fire” with costume design by Milena Canonero.
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1981
Image Credit: Getty Images “Tess” with costume design by Anthony Powell.
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1980
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Licensing/Merch “All the Jazz” with costume design by Albert Wolsky.
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1979
Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Col “Death On the Nile” with costume design by Anthony Powell.
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1978
Image Credit: ©Lucasfilm Ltd./courtesy Everet “Star Wars” with costume design by John Mollo.
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1977
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “Fellini’s Casanova” with costume design by Danilo Donati.
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1976
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “Barry Lydon” with costume design by Ulla-Britt Soderlund, Milena Canonero.
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1975
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Great Gatsby” with costume design Theoni V. Aldredge.
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1974
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Sting” with costume design by Edith Head.
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1973
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Travels With My Aunt” with costume design by Anthony Powell.
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1972
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Nicholas and Alexandra” with costume design by Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo.
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1971
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Cromwell” with costume design by Nino Novarese.
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1970
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Anne of the Thousand Days” with costume design by Margaret Furse.
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1969
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Romeo and Juliet” with costume design by Danilo Donati.
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1968
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Camelot” with costume design by John Truscott.
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1967 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “A Man For All Seasons” with costume design by Elizabeth Haffenden, Joan Bridge.
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1967 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” with costume design by Irene Sharaff.
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1966 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Doctor Zhivago” with costume design by Phyllis Dalton.
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1966 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “Darling” with costume design Julie Harris.
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1965 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “My Fair Lady” with costume design by Cecil Beaton.
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1965 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “The Night of the Iguana” with costume design by Dorothy Jeakins.
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1964 (Color)
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “Cleopatra” with costume design by Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie.
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1964 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “8 1/2” with costume design by Piero Gherardi.
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1963 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” with costume design by Mary Wills.
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1963 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane” with costume design by Norma Koch.
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1962 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “West Side Story” with costume design by Irene Sharaff.
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1962 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “La Dolce Vita” with costume design by Piero Gherardi.
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1961 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Spartacus” with costume design by Valles, Bill Thomas.
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1961 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Facts of Life” with costume design by Edith Head, Edward Stevenson.
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1960 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Ben-Hur” with costume design by Elizabeth Haffenden.
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1960 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Collection “Some Like It Hot” with costume design by Orry-Kelly.
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1959
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Gigi” with costume design by Cecil Beaton.
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1958
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Les Girls” with costume design by Orry-Kelly.
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1957 (Color)
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “The King and I” with costume design by Irene Sharaff.
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1957 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “The Solid Gold Cadillac” with costume design by Jean Louis.
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1956 (Color)
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” with costume design by Charles LeMaire.
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1956 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” with costume design by Helen Rose.
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1955 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Gate of Hell” with costume design by Sanzo Wada.
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1955 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Everett Collection / Everett Col “Sabrina” with costume design by Edith Head.
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1954 (Color)
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “The Robe” with costume design by Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago.
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1954 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Roman Holiday” with costume design by Louis Vuitton Reunites With Yayoi Kusama — Here’s How You Can Get the New Collab
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1953 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Moulin Rouge” with costume design by Helen Rose.
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1953 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Bad and the Beautiful” with costume design by Helen Rose.
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1952 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “An American in Paris” with costume design by Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff.
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1952 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “A Place in the Sun” with costume design by Edith Head.
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1951 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Samson and Delilah” with costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling.
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1951 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett C “All About Eve” with costume design by Edith Head, Charles LeMaire.
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1950 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Adventures of Don Juan” with costume design by Leah Rhodes, Travilla, Marjorie Best.
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1950 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “The Heiress” with costume design by Edith Head, Gile Steele
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1949 (Color)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Joan of Arc” with costume design by Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska.
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1949 (Black-and-White)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection “Hamlet” with costume design by Roger K. Furse
