No major movement with the race for Best Costume Design in December. The critics groups that award a prize for costuming almost exclusively chose Jacqueline Durran for Barbie and she certainly appears to be the frontrunner. Given the sheer number of costumes found in the film and the fact costuming plays such an integral part in creating so many roles, it’s hard to imagine Greta Gerwig’s candy-coloured delight losing this one.
But Durran faces stiff competition from Holly Waddington for Poor Things. The stunning 19th-century period designs are very much in the Academy’s usual wheelhouse. Any other year, Waddington would be the unassailable leader. The two won’t face off at the Costume Designers Guild Awards, given Barbie will be in the fantasy category and Poor Things in period, so we’ll have to wait until the BAFTAs and Critics Choice Awards to get a good indication of which way this category might be leaning is leaning.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN PREDICTIONS:
1. Barbie – Jacqueline Durran (Warner Bros.) – CCA
2. Poor Things – Holly Waddington (Searchlight Pictures) – CCA
3. Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West (Paramount Pictures / Apple Original Films) – CCA
4. Napoleon – David Crossman and Janty Yates (Sony Pictures / Apple Original Films) – CCA
5. Wonka – Lindy Hemming (Warner Bros.) – CCA
IN CONTENTION:
Asteroid City – Milena Canonero (Focus Features)
Chevalier – Oliver Garcia (Searchlight Pictures)
The Color Purple – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (Warner Bros.) – CCA
Ferrari – Massimo Cantini Parrini (NEON)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Trish Summerville (Lionsgate)
The Little Mermaid – Colleen Atwood (Disney)
Maestro – Mark Bridges (Netflix)
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick (Universal Pictures)
Priscilla – Stacey Battat (A24)
Rustin – Toni-Leslie James (Netflix)