‘Wicked’, ‘Nosferatu’ & ‘Conclave’ Take Film Prizes At Costume Designers Guild Awards: Full Winners List

Erik Pedersen and Robert Lang

Fri, February 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM UTC

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Nosferatu, Wicked, and Conclave won top film prizes at the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards, with Linda Muir, Paul Tazewell, and Lisy Christl taking home awards for Excellence in Costume Design.
The Academy Award for Costume Design has historically gone to a period film, with only three exceptions, including Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The Costume Designers Guild Awards also honored Shogun, Dune: Prophecy, Hacks, and The Masked Singer in various categories, with special awards presented to Van Smith, Janelle Monae, Zoe Saldana, Salvador Perez, and Jenny Beavan.

Nosferatu, Wicked and Conclave took the top film prizes at the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out Thursday night at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. See the full winners list below.

Nosferatu costume designer Linda Muir won for Excellence in Period Film, Wicked ’s Paul Tazewell took the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film prize, and Conclave ‘s Lisy Christl went home with the Contemporary Film trophy. All three also are up for Best Costume Design at the Academy Awards next month. Also vying for the Oscar are A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips) and CDGA nominee Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman).

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Since the guild launched its awards show in 1999, the Academy Award for Costume Design has gone to a period film every year but three, with only Mad Max: Fury Road (2016), Black Panther (2019) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2023) bucking the trend. Poor Things continued that run last year, snagging the Oscar after winning the CDG prize .

Shōgun continued its remarkable awards run tonight with a CDGA win for Period Television going to CD Carlos Rosario. The FX series later took a second CGD prize for Costume Illustration.

Earlier, the Contemporary TV award went to Kathleen Felix-Hager for another Emmy favorite, Max comedy Hacks. The first award of the night went to Fox’s The Masked Singer for Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television, for co-costume designers Steven Norman Lee and Luke D’Alessandro.

The Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV prize went to HBO’s Dune: Prophecy and costume designer Bojana Nikitovic.

It’s been quite a week for Beyoncé. She announced a big stadium tour and won her first Album of the Year and two other Grammys on Sunday, and tonight her Verizon commercial titled “Can’t B Broken” won the CDG Award for Short Form Design.

The late Van Smith was inducted into the CDG’s Edith Head Hall of Fame tonight by John Waters. Smith, died in 2006 at 61, worked on all of Waters’ spanning 30-plus years.

Singer-actor Janelle Monáe received CDG’s Vanguard Spotlight Award tonight, and Emilia Pérez co-star and Lioness lead Zoe Saldaña was presented with its 2025 Spotlight Award.

Salvador Perez received the Distinguished Service Award, and the ceremony ended with Jenny Beavan being honored with the Career Achievement Award .

Singer and Nobody Wants This actor Jackie Thon hosted the show, whose presenters included Kate Beckinsale, Quinta Brunson, Colman Domingo, Kathryn Hahn, Mindy Kaling, Justine Lupe, Connie Nielsen and Tazewell.

The Costume Designers Guild teamed with other IATSE locals to support those affected by last month’s devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. In support of the IATSE Emergency Relief Fund, tonight’s CDGA is adding an online auction of rare pop culture and entertainment collectibles, featuring extraordinary items provided by members of the costume community. Proceeds from the auction will go directly to the relief fund. You can see the items here or donate to the fund directly here .

“Our community has been through so much and we believe in using our platforms to benefit those affected,” CDG Executive Director Brigitta Romanov said recently. “We also are convinced of their ultimate strength and resilience over adversity.”

The Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892, is a labor union formed for the promotion and protection of the art of costume design. Its 1,200-plus members include, costume designers, assistant costume designers and illustrators spanning film, TV, commercials, music videos and other media.

Here are the winners at 2025 CDGA:

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Wicked
Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer
Eleanor Landgrebe, ACD
Bobby Soutar, ACD
Lloyd Middleton, ACD

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television
Dune: Prophecy – The Hidden HandBojana Nikitovic, Costume Designer
Srdjan Perić, ACD

Excellence in Costume Illustration
James Casey Holland, Illustrator
Shōgun

Excellence in Short Form Design
Can’t B Broken, Beyoncé – Verizon
Shiona Turini, Costume Designer
Molly Peters, Primary ACD
Erica Boisaubin, ACD

Excellence in Contemporary Film
Conclave
Lisy Christl, Costume Designer, CDG
Waris Klampfer, ACD
Laura Rhi Sausi, ACD

Excellence in Contemporary Television
Hacks – Just for Laughs
Kathleen Felix-Hager, Costume Designer

Excellence in Period Film
Nosferatu
Linda Muir, Costume Designer
Alima Meyboom, ACD
Anna Munro, ACD

Excellence in Period Television
Shōgun – Ladies of the Willow World
Carlos Rosario, Costume Designer
Kenichi Tanaka, ACD
Kristen Bond, ACD
Paula Plachy, ACD

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television
The Masked Singer – Who Can it Be Now?
Steven Norman Lee, Co-Costume Designer/Luke D’Alessandro, Co-Costume Designer
Arleen Flores, Primary ACD
Allison Choi Braun, Primary ACD

*The winning costume designer(s) in each applicable category will receive a statuette. The winning costume illustrator in the Excellence in Costume Illustration category will receive a statuette. Only the CDG-member “Primary” ACD(s) on winning teams in each applicable category will receive an award statuette.

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