Final Oscars Predictions – Best Costume Design

Doug Jamieson March 8, 2026 Leave a comment

With wins at the BAFTAs, the Critics Choice Awards, and with the Costume Designers Guild, Frankenstein has dominated the race for Best Costume Design, and New Zealander Kate Hawley is undoubtedly heading for her first Academy Award. Next.

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BEST COSTUME DESIGN PREDICTIONS:
1. Frankenstein – Kate Hawley (Netflix) – BAFTA, CCA, CDG
2. Sinners – Ruth E. Carter (Warner Bros.) – BAFTA, CCA, CDG
3. Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA, CDG
4. Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizzi (A24) – BAFTA
5. Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott (20th Century Studios) – CDG

Will win: Frankenstein
Should win: Frankenstein
Possible upset: Anything else

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.