As awards season chugs along, it was the Costume Designers Guild’s turn on Thursday, announcing the winners across film, television, short form costume design and costume illustration.
The 2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards, held at The Ebell of Los Angeles, saw prizes handed out to the costume designers behind One Battle After Another, Frankenstein and Wicked: For Good, while on the TV side, awards went to The Studio, Palm Royale and Andor.
The evening was hosted by actress Courtney Hope, with a number of special honors also awarded: the Career Achievement Award to veteran costume designer Michelle Cole, the Distinguished Collaborator Award to James Cameron, the Spotlight Award to Kate Hudson and the Vanguard Spotlight Award to Teyana Taylor.
Taylor, who has stunned on red carpets throughout awards season, noted in her speech, “I love building looks from the ground up — pulling references, blending eras, mixing masculine with feminine energy and street couture. For me, fashion is another form of directing; it tells a story before I ever step on a stage or in front of a camera,” as she shouted out “every designer who has collaborated with me and trusted my creative instincts.”
Accepting her award, Hudson spoke about how “some of my earliest memories are sitting on the floor of a studio in Hollywood surrounded by every sequin imaginable. Looking down at me are these giants: my exquisite mother and the phenomenal, iconic Bob Mackie.” She later teased, “I hope I get to work with every single person in this room, and I promise I’m really fun to work with. I’m good at collaborating and I’ll always take a no.” And during Cameron’s time on stage, the filmmaker emphasized how “these awards and this community that celebrates the art of design is so critical in this age of the onslaught of AI. Honor the artist given creativity, because you know what? AI don’t sew.”
Another notable moment came with The Studio‘s win, as costume designer Kameron Lennox paid tribute to the recently passed Catherine O’Hara, revealing she and assistant designer Tyler Kinney were wearing some of the late star’s jewelry that night in her honor.
Also at the event, Bulgari served as a strategic partner and introduced a new edition of the Guild’s iconic statuette, The Adrian, as well as dressed several of the honorees, while Tracee Ellis Ross, Paul Feig, Katherine LaNasa, Janelle Monáe, Diallo Riddle, Samba Schutte, Jodie Turner-Smith, Damon Wayans and Sasheer Zamata appeared as presenters.
Check out the full list of winners from the 28th annual CDGAs below:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
One Battle After Another – Colleen Atwood, Costume Designer, CDG & Bryan Roberts Kopp, Assistant Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Bugonia – Jennifer Johnson, CDG
F1 The Movie – Julian Day, CDG
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Jenny Eagan, CDG
Weapons – Trish Summerville, CDG
Excellence in Period Film
Frankenstein – Kate Hawley, Costume Designer, CDG & Renée Fontana, Assistant Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale – Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska, CDG
Hedda – Lindsay Pugh
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter, CDG
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott, CDG
How To Train Your Dragon – Lindsay Pugh
Thunderbolts* – Sanja Milkovic Hays, CDG
Tron: Ares – Christine Bieselin Clark, CDG & Alix Friedberg, CDG
Excellence in Contemporary Television
The Studio – “CinemaCon” – Kameron Lennox, Costume Designer, CDG & Tyler Kinney, Assistant Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Emily in Paris – “Veni, Vidi, Venezia” – Marylin Fitoussi
Hacks – “Heaven” – Kathleen Felix-Hager, CDG
The Righteous Gemstones – “You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the Very Heart of the Seas” – Christina Flannery, CDG
Wednesday – “Woe Me The Money” – Colleen Atwood, CDG & Mark Sutherland
Excellence in Period Television
Palm Royale – “Maxine Is Ready to Single Mingle” – Alix Friedberg & Leigh Bell, Costume Designers, CDG & Samantha Schwartz, Assistant Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
1923 – “A Dream and a Memory” – Janie Bryant, CDG & Gaby Acosta, CDG
Chief of War – “City of Flowers” – Caroline Eselin-Schaefer, CDG
House of Guinness – “Episode 4” – Edward K. Gibbon
The Gilded Age – “Marriage Is a Gamble” – Kasia Walicka Maimone
Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
Andor – “Harvest” – Michael Wilkinson, Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Black Mirror – “USS Callister: Into Infinity” – Matthew Price
Murderbot – “FreeCommerce” – Carrie Grace, CDG & Laura Jean Shannon, CDG
The Wheel of Time – “He Who Comes With The Dawn” – Sharon Gilham
The Witcher – “Baptism of Fire” – Lucinda Wright
Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special – Tom Broecker, Costume Designer, CDG and Christina Natividad & Ashley Dudek, Costume Designers (WINNER)
Dancing with the Stars – “Premiere” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Daniela Gschwendtner, CDG
The Masked Singer – “The Lucky 6: Merging of the Masks” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Luke D’Alessandro, CDG
The Traitors – “Til Death Us Do Part” – Sam Spector, CDG & Rikki Finlay
Wicked: One Wonderful Night – Katja Cahill, CDG
Excellence in Short Form Design
Dandyland – Episode 10 – Rafaella Rabinovich, Costume Designer (WINNER)
Uber Eats: A Century of Cravings – Super Bowl – Michelle Martini, Costume Designer, CDG (WINNER)
Someday, by Spike Jonze: AirPods 4 – Kym Barrett, CDG
Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (Music Video) – Colleen Atwood, CDG
Batman vs. Bateman: State Farm® – Anette Cseri, CDG
Excellence in Costume Illustration
Sinners – Felipe Sanchez, CDG Illustrator (WINNER)
On Swift Horses – Eduardo Lucero, CDG Illustrator
Palm Royale – Oksana Nedavniaya, CDG Illustrator
Weapons – Oksana Nedavniaya, CDG Illustrator
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