Who won Best Costume Design at the most recent Oscars?

Paul Tazewell won at the 2025 Oscars.

Who won Best Costume Design in 2024?

Holly Waddington — Poor Things.

Who won Best Costume Design in 2023?

Ruth E. Carter — Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Who won Best Costume Design in 2021?

Ann Roth — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Who has won Best Costume Design the most times?

Colleen Atwood, with 4 wins (2003, 2006, 2011, 2017).

How many different winners has Best Costume Design had?

42 different winners across 60 ceremonies, 1958–2025.

A visual history · Oscars

The winners who defined Costume Design.

60 ceremonies, 1958–2025. 42 different winners. The longest run belongs to James Acheson, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Paul Tazewell in 2025 for Wicked.
Who has won the most?: Colleen Atwood, 4 wins (2003, 2006, 2011, 2017).

2025WickedPaul Tazewell
2024Poor ThingsHolly Waddington
2023Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverRuth E. Carter
2022CruellaJenny Beavan
2021Ma Rainey's Black BottomAnn Roth
2020Little WomenJacqueline Durran

Years explored: 1958–2025
Different winners: 42
Category leader: Colleen Atwood · 4

About this record

Best Costume Design was first awarded in 1958, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

Costume design became an Academy Award at the 21st ceremony, as two awards split by film format. One undivided award ran at the 30th and 31st and continuously from the 40th; the split years have their own pages here.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19582025

01 / The reigns

17 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

01
Colleen Atwood4 wins
02
Jacqueline Durran2 wins
03
Jenny Beavan2 wins
04
Mark Bridges2 wins
05
Milena Canonero2 wins

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.

Lindy Hemming'00

Janty Yates'01

Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie'02

Colleen Atwood'03

Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor'04

Sandy Powell'05

Colleen Atwood'06

Milena Canonero'07

Alexandra Byrne'08

Michael O'Connor'09

Sandy Powell'10

Colleen Atwood'11

Mark Bridges'12

Jacqueline Durran'13

Catherine Martin'14

Milena Canonero'15

Jenny Beavan'16

Colleen Atwood'17

Mark Bridges'18

Ruth E. Carter'19

Jacqueline Durran'20

Ann Roth'21

Jenny Beavan'22

Ruth E. Carter'23

Holly Waddington'24

Paul Tazewell'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded distributor credits with 5 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal5 wins

Disney4 wins

Warner Bros.4 wins

Sony3 wins

Miramax2 wins

Searchlight2 wins

Wins by distributor

Universal519%
Disney415%
Warner Bros.415%
Sony312%
Miramax28%
Searchlight28%
Other623%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

01
Arianne Phillips
4 noms
02
Jacqueline West
4 noms
03
Mary Zophres
4 noms
04
Consolata Boyle
3 noms
05
Albert Wolsky
2 noms
06
Janty Yates & Dave Crossman
2 noms

Most losses in this category

01
Sandy Powell
8L · 2W
02
Colleen Atwood
6L · 4W
03
Jacqueline Durran
6L · 2W
04
Arianne Phillips
4L · 0W
05
Jacqueline West
4L · 0W
06
Jenny Beavan
4L · 2W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Distributor
2025	Paul Tazewell (Wicked) beat 4 others Arianne Phillips (A Complete Unknown) Lisy Christl (Conclave) Janty Yates & Dave Crossman (Gladiator II) Linda Muir (Nosferatu)	Universal Pictures
2024	Holly Waddington (Poor Things) beat 4 others Jacqueline Durran (Barbie) Jacqueline West (Killers of the Flower Moon) Janty Yates & Dave Crossman (Napoleon) Ellen Mirojnick (Oppenheimer)	Searchlight Pictures
2023	Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) beat 4 others Mary Zophres (Babylon) Catherine Martin (Elvis) Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2022	Jenny Beavan (Cruella) beat 4 others Massimo Cantini Parrini & Jacqueline Durran (Cyrano) Jacqueline West & Bob Morgan (Dune) Luis Sequeira (Nightmare Alley) Paul Tazewell (West Side Story)	Walt Disney Pictures
2021	Ann Roth (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) beat 4 others Alexandra Byrne (Emma) Trish Summerville (Mank) Bina Daigeler (Mulan) Massimo Cantini Parrini (Pinocchio)	Netflix
2020	Jacqueline Durran (Little Women) beat 4 others Sandy Powell & Christopher Peterson (The Irishman) Mayes C. Rubeo (Jojo Rabbit) Mark Bridges (Joker) Arianne Phillips (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)	Columbia Pictures
2019	Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther) beat 4 others Mary Zophres (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) Sandy Powell (The Favourite) Sandy Powell (Mary Poppins Returns) Alexandra Byrne (Mary Queen of Scots)	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2018	Mark Bridges (Phantom Thread) beat 4 others Jacqueline Durran (Beauty and the Beast) Jacqueline Durran (Darkest Hour) Luis Sequeira (The Shape of Water) Consolata Boyle (Victoria & Abdul)	Focus Features
2017	Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) beat 4 others Joanna Johnston (Allied) Consolata Boyle (Florence Foster Jenkins) Madeline Fontaine (Jackie) Mary Zophres (La La Land)	Warner Bros.
2016	Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road) beat 4 others Sandy Powell (Carol) Sandy Powell (Cinderella) Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl) Jacqueline West (The Revenant)	Warner Bros.
2015	Milena Canonero (The Grand Budapest Hotel) beat 4 others Mark Bridges (Inherent Vice) Colleen Atwood (Into the Woods) Anna B. Sheppard & Jane Clive (Maleficent) Jacqueline Durran (Mr. Turner)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014	Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby) beat 4 others Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle) William Chang Suk Ping (The Grandmaster) Michael O'Connor (The Invisible Woman) Patricia Norris (12 Years a Slave)	Warner Bros.
2013	Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina) beat 4 others Paco Delgado (Les Misérables) Joanna Johnston (Lincoln) Eiko Ishioka (Mirror Mirror) Colleen Atwood (Snow White and the Huntsman)	Focus Features
2012	Mark Bridges (The Artist) beat 4 others Lisy Christl (Anonymous) Sandy Powell (Hugo) Michael O'Connor (Jane Eyre) Arianne Phillips (W.E.)	The Weinstein Company
2011	Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland) beat 4 others Antonella Cannarozzi (I Am Love) Jenny Beavan (The King's Speech) Sandy Powell (The Tempest) Mary Zophres (True Grit)	Walt Disney Pictures
2010	Sandy Powell (The Young Victoria) beat 4 others Janet Patterson (Bright Star) Catherine Leterrier (Coco Before Chanel) Monique Prudhomme (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) Colleen Atwood (Nine)	Apparition
2009	Michael O'Connor (The Duchess) beat 4 others Catherine Martin (Australia) Jacqueline West (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Danny Glicker (Milk) Albert Wolsky (Revolutionary Road)	Paramount Vantage
2008	Alexandra Byrne (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) beat 4 others Albert Wolsky (Across the Universe) Jacqueline Durran (Atonement) Marit Allen (La Vie en Rose) Colleen Atwood (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)	Universal Pictures
2007	Milena Canonero (Marie Antoinette) beat 4 others Chung Man Yee (Curse of the Golden Flower) Patricia Field (The Devil Wears Prada) Sharen Davis (Dreamgirls) Consolata Boyle (The Queen)	Columbia Pictures
2006	Colleen Atwood (Memoirs of a Geisha) beat 4 others Gabriella Pescucci (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Sandy Powell (Mrs Henderson Presents) Jacqueline Durran (Pride & Prejudice) Arianne Phillips (Walk the Line)	Columbia Pictures
2005	Sandy Powell (The Aviator) beat 4 others Alexandra Byrne (Finding Neverland) Colleen Atwood (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) Sharen Davis (Ray) Bob Ringwood (Troy)	Miramax
2004	Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) beat 4 others Dien van Straalen (Girl with a Pearl Earring) Ngila Dickson (The Last Samurai) Wendy Stites (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) Judianna Makovsky (Seabiscuit)	New Line Cinema
2003	Colleen Atwood (Chicago) beat 4 others Julie Weiss (Frida) Sandy Powell (Gangs of New York) Ann Roth (The Hours) Anna B. Sheppard (The Pianist)	Miramax
2002	Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie (Moulin Rouge!) beat 4 others Milena Canonero (The Affair of the Necklace) Jenny Beavan (Gosford Park) Judianna Makovsky (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)	20th Century Fox
2001	Janty Yates (Gladiator) beat 4 others Anthony Powell (102 Dalmatians) Tim Yip (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Rita Ryack (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) Jacqueline West (Quills)	DreamWorks Pictures
2000	Lindy Hemming (Topsy-Turvy) beat 4 others Jenny Beavan (Anna and the King) Colleen Atwood (Sleepy Hollow) Gary Jones & Ann Roth (The Talented Mr. Ripley) Milena Canonero (Titus)	USA Films
1999	Sandy Powell (Shakespeare in Love)unverified beat 4 others Colleen Atwood (Beloved) Alexandra Byrne (Elizabeth) Judianna Makovsky (Pleasantville) Sandy Powell (Velvet Goldmine)	Miramax Films/Universal Pictures
1998	Deborah Lynn Scott (Titanic)unverified beat 4 others Ruth E. Carter (Amistad) Dante Ferretti (Kundun) Janet Patterson (Oscar and Lucinda) Sandy Powell (The Wings of the Dove)	Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox
1997	Ann Roth (The English Patient)unverified beat 4 others Paul Brown (Angels & Insects) Ruth Myers (Emma) Alexandra Byrne (Hamlet) Janet Patterson (The Portrait of a Lady)	Miramax Films
1996	James Acheson (Restoration)unverified beat 4 others Julie Weiss (12 Monkeys) Charles Knode (Braveheart) Shuna Harwood (Richard III) Jenny Beavan & John Bright (Sense and Sensibility)	Miramax Films
1995	Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)unverified beat 4 others Jeffrey Kurland (Bullets Over Broadway) Colleen Atwood (Little Women) April Ferry (Maverick) Moidele Bickel (Queen Margot)	Roadshow Film Distributors
1994	Gabriella Pescucci (The Age of Innocence)unverified beat 4 others Sandy Powell (Orlando) Janet Patterson (The Piano) Jenny Beavan & John Bright (The Remains of the Day) Anna B. Sheppard (Schindler's List)	Columbia Pictures
1993	Eiko Ishioka (Bram Stoker's Dracula)unverified beat 4 others Sheena Napier (Enchanted April) Jenny Beavan & John Bright (Howards End) Ruth E. Carter (Malcolm X) Albert Wolsky (Toys)	Columbia Pictures
1992	Albert Wolsky (Bugsy)unverified beat 4 others Ruth Myers (The Addams Family) Richard Hornung (Barton Fink) Anthony Powell (Hook) Corinne Jorry (Madame Bovary)	TriStar Pictures
1991	Franca Squarciapino (Cyrano de Bergerac)unverified beat 4 others Gloria Gresham (Avalon) Elsa Zamparelli (Dances With Wolves) Milena Canonero (Dick Tracy) Maurizio Millenotti (Hamlet)	UGC
1990	Phyllis Dalton (Henry V)unverified beat 4 others Gabriella Pescucci (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) Elizabeth McBride (Driving Miss Daisy) Joe I. Tompkins (Harlem Nights) Theodor Pištěk (Valmont)	Curzon Film Distributors
1989	James Acheson (Dangerous Liaisons)repeatunverified beat 4 others Deborah Nadoolman (Coming to America) Jane Robinson (A Handful of Dust) Patricia Norris (Sunset) Milena Canonero (Tucker: The Man and His Dream)	Warner Bros. Pictures
1988	James Acheson (The Last Emperor)unverified beat 4 others Dorothy Jeakins (The Dead) Bob Ringwood (Empire of the Sun) Jenny Beavan & John Bright (Maurice) Marilyn Vance-Straker (The Untouchables)	Columbia Pictures/Acteurs Auteurs Associés (France)
1987	Jenny Beavan & John Bright (A Room with a View)unverified beat 4 others Enrico Sabbatini (The Mission) Anna Anni & Maurizio Millenotti (Otello) Theadora Van Runkle (Peggy Sue Got Married) Anthony Powell (Pirates)	Curzon Film Distributors/Cinecom Pictures
1986	Emi Wada (Ran)unverified beat 4 others Aggie Guerard Rodgers (The Color Purple) Albert Wolsky (The Journey of Natty Gann) Milena Canonero (Out of Africa) Donfeld (Prizzi's Honor)	Toho/Acteurs Auteurs Associés (France)
1985	Theodor Pištěk (Amadeus)unverified beat 4 others Patricia Norris (2010) Jenny Beavan & John Bright (The Bostonians) Judy Moorcroft (A Passage to India) Ann Roth (Places in the Heart)	Orion Pictures/Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
1984	Marik Vos-Lundh (Fanny and Alexander)unverified beat 4 others Joe I. Tompkins (Cross Creek) William Ware Theiss (Heart Like a Wheel) Anne-Marie Marchand (The Return of Martin Guerre) Santo Loquasto (Zelig)	Sandrew Film & Teater (Sweden)/Gaumont Distribution (France)/Tobis Film (Germany)
1983	Bhanu Athaiya & John Mollo (Gandhi)unverified beat 4 others Albert Wolsky (Sophie's Choice) Piero Tosi (La Traviata) Elois Jenssen & Rosanna Norton (Tron) Patricia Norris (Victor/Victoria)	Columbia Pictures (through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors in the United Kingdom)
1982	Milena Canonero (Chariots of Fire)unverified beat 4 others Tom Rand (The French Lieutenant's Woman) Bob Mackie (Pennies from Heaven) Anna Hill Johnstone (Ragtime) Shirley Ann Russell (Reds)	20th Century-Fox/The Ladd Company (via Warner Bros.)
1981	Anthony Powell (Tess)unverified beat 4 others Patricia Norris (The Elephant Man) Anna Senior (My Brilliant Career) Jean-Pierre Dorleac (Somewhere in Time) Paul Zastupnevich (When Time Ran Out)	Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors/AMLF (France)
1980	Albert Wolsky (All That Jazz)unverified beat 4 others Shirley Ann Russell (Agatha) William Ware Theiss (Butch and Sundance: The Early Days) Ambra Danon & Piero Tosi (La Cage aux Folles) Judy Moorcroft (The Europeans)	20th Century-Fox/Columbia Pictures
1979	Anthony Powell (Death on the Nile)unverified beat 4 others Renié (Caravans) Patricia Norris (Days of Heaven) Paul Zastupnevich (The Swarm) Tony Walton (The Wiz)	EMI Distributors
1978	John Mollo (Star Wars)unverified beat 4 others Edith Head & Burton Miller (Airport '77) Anthea Sylbert (Julia) Florence Klotz (A Little Night Music) Irene Sharaff (The Other Side of Midnight)	Twentieth Century-Fox
1977	Danilo Donati (Fellini's Casanova)unverified beat 4 others William Ware Theiss (Bound for Glory) Anthony Mendleson (The Incredible Sarah) Mary Wills (The Passover Plot) Alan Barrett (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution)	Titanus
1976	Milena Canonero & Ulla-Britt Söderlund (Barry Lyndon)unverified beat 4 others Yvonne Blake & Ron Talsky (The Four Musketeers) Ray Aghayan & Bob Mackie (Funny Lady) Karin Erskine & Henny Noremark (The Magic Flute) Edith Head (The Man Who Would Be King)	Warner Bros./Columbia-Warner Distributors
1975	Theoni V. Aldredge (The Great Gatsby)unverified beat 4 others Anthea Sylbert (Chinatown) John Furniss (Daisy Miller) Theadora Van Runkle (The Godfather Part II) Tony Walton (Murder on the Orient Express)	Paramount Pictures
1974	Edith Head (The Sting)unverified beat 4 others Marik Vos (Cries and Whispers) Piero Tosi (Ludwig) Donfeld (Tom Sawyer) Dorothy Jeakins & Moss Mabry (The Way We Were)	Universal Pictures
1973	Anthony Powell (Travels with My Aunt)unverified beat 4 others Anna Hill Johnstone (The Godfather) Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch & Bob Mackie (Lady Sings the Blues) Paul Zastupnevich (The Poseidon Adventure) Anthony Mendleson (Young Winston)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1972	Yvonne Blake & Antonio Castillo (Nicholas and Alexandra)unverified beat 4 others Bill Thomas (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) Piero Tosi (Death in Venice) Margaret Furse (Mary, Queen of Scots) Morton Haack (What's the Matter with Helen?)	Columbia-Warner Distributors
1971	Vittorio Nino Novarese (Cromwell)unverified beat 4 others Edith Head (Airport) Jack Bear & Donald Brooks (Darling Lili) Bill Thomas (The Hawaiians) Margaret Furse (Scrooge)	Columbia Pictures
1970	Margaret Furse (Anne of the Thousand Days)unverified beat 4 others Ray Aghayan (Gaily, Gaily) Irene Sharaff (Hello, Dolly!) Edith Head (Sweet Charity) Donfeld (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)	The Rank Organisation/Universal Pictures
1969	Danilo Donati (Romeo and Juliet)unverified beat 4 others Margaret Furse (The Lion in Winter) Phyllis Dalton (Oliver!) Morton Haack (Planet of the Apes) Donald Brooks (Star!)	Paramount Pictures
1968	John Truscott (Camelot)unverified beat 4 others Theadora Van Runkle (Bonnie and Clyde) Bill Thomas (The Happiest Millionaire) Danilo Donati & Irene Sharaff (The Taming of the Shrew) Jean Louis (Thoroughly Modern Millie)	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
1959	Cecil Beaton (Gigi)unverified beat 4 others Jean Louis (Bell, Book and Candle) Ralph Jester, Edith Head & John Jensen (The Buccaneer) Charles LeMaire & Mary Wills (A Certain Smile) Walter Plunkett (Some Came Running)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1958	Orry-Kelly (Les Girls)unverified beat 4 others Charles LeMaire (An Affair to Remember) Edith Head & Hubert de Givenchy (Funny Face) Jean Louis (Pal Joey) Walter Plunkett (Raintree County)	Loew's Inc.