2025 Costume Designers Guild Awards Winners List

Conclave, Nosferatu and Wicked won the awards for contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy film, respectively, at the 2025 Costume Designers Guild Awards.

All three films are nominated for the costume design Oscar, alongside A Complete Unknown and Gladiator II.

Other winners at the 27th annual ceremony, which took place Thursday night at The Ebell of Los Angeles, included Hacks, Shogun and Dune: Prophecy, which won the contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy awards, respectively, for TV. The Masked Singer won the award for excellence in variety, reality-competition and live television. And Shogun won a second award for excellence in costume illustration, one of two awards it was nominated for in that category.

The CDGAs, hosted by Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn, honored Emilia Pérez‘s Zoe Saldaña with this year’s spotlight award, Janelle Monáe with the vanguard spotlight award, Jenny Beavan with the career achievement award, Salvador Perez with the distinguished service award and Van Smith with the Edith Head hall of fame award.

In an effort to support those affected by the recent Los Angeles wildfires, the CDGA also added an online auction element to this year’s ceremony, partnering with Propstore, which specializes in rare pop culture and entertainment collectibles, featuring items provided by the costume community. Proceeds from the auction go directly to the IATSE Emergency Relief Fund.

A complete list of this year’s CDGA winners follows.

Excellence in Contemporary Film

Challengers – Jonathan Anderson
Conclave – Lisy Christl, CDG (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez – Virginie Montel
The Fall Guy – Sarah Evelyn, CDG
The Substance – Emmanuelle Youchnovski

Excellence in Period Film

The Book of Clarence – Antoinette Messam, CDG
Gladiator II – Janty Yates, CDG and Dave Crossman
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir (WINNER)
Saturday Night – Danny Glicker, CDG

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Colleen Atwood, CDG
Borderlands – Daniel Orlandi, CDG
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West, CDG
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan, CDG
Wicked – Paul Tazewell, CDG (WINNER)

Excellence in Contemporary Television

Agatha All Along, “Seekest Thou the Road” – Daniel Selon, CDG
Baby Reindeer, “Episode 4” – Mekel Bailey
Emily in Paris, “The Grey Area” – Marylin Fitoussi
The Gentlemen, “Refined Aggression” – Loulou Bontemps
Hacks, “Just for Laughs” – Kathleen Felix-Hager, CDG (WINNER)

Excellence in Period Television

Bridgerton, “Romancing Mister Bridgerton” – John Glaser
Feud, “Capote vs. The Swans: Hats, Gloves and Effete Homosexuals” – Lou Eyrich, CDG and Rudy Mance, CDG
Palm Royale, “Maxine Throws a Party” – Alix Friedberg, CDG and Leigh Bell, CDG
Ripley, “IV La Dolce Vita” – Maurizio Millenotti and Gianni Casalnuovo
Shogun, “Ladies of the Willow World” – Carlos Rosario, CDG (WINNER)

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television

Agatha All Along, “If I Can’t Reach You/Let My Song Teach You” – Daniel Selon, CDG
Dune: Prophecy, “The Hidden Hand” – Bojana Nikitovic (WINNER)
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 and Katherine Burchill and Libby Dempster

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, “Killer Dolls – Gioffrè Vincenzo
Dancing with the Stars, “Soul Train Night” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG and Daniela Gschwendtner, CDG
The Masked Singer, “Who Can it Be Now?” – Steven Norman Lee, CDG and Luke D’Alessandro, CDG (WINNER)
Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande Host – Tome Broeker, CDG and Ashley Dudek and Cristina Natividad
We’re Here, “Oklahoma, Part 3” – Diego Montoya and Marco Morante; Derek Anthony Purcell and Amber Watkins

Excellence in Short Form Design

Can’t B Broken: Beyoncé: Verizon – Shiona Turini, CDG (WINNER)
Chapter 1: “Launderette” 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 Along – Imogene Chayes, CDG Illustrator
Joker: Folie à Deux – Eduardo Lucero, CDG Illustrator
The Masked Singer – Barbra Araujo, CDG Illustrator
Shogun – James Holland, CDG Illustrator (WINNER)
Shogun – James Holland, CDG Illustrator