Who would Dorothy be with out her ruby purple slippers, Princess Leia with out her white gown, Edward Scissorhands with out his…scissor palms? Forward of Vogue World 2025: Hollywood, we’ve been serious about the style that brings these tales to life.
All through the Academy Awards’ 97 years of existence, the Oscar for Finest Costume Design has been given 94 occasions. However the award itself didn’t exist till 1949—a full 20 years after the first-ever ceremony. From 1949 to 1957 and 1960 to 1967, two trophies had been awarded for costuming—one for black-and-white movies and one for shade.
Amongst the winners, you’ll acknowledge (or study!) the individuals who revolutionized costuming: Edith Head, the eight-time winner who normal a few of Audrey Hepburn’s most iconic characters in Sabrina and Roman Vacation; or Irene Sharaff, who was chargeable for Elizabeth Taylor’s opulent costuming in Cleopatra and Anita’s well-known purple gown in West Facet Story; Milena Canonero, in the meantime, has develop into the trendy grasp of the interval piece, from Barry Lyndon to Marie Antoinette.
In chronicling each Finest Costume Design winner, one can’t assist however discover patterns: the Academy’s love of Shakespeare (the first-ever winner, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Shakespeare in Love), futurism (each Black Panther movies, Mad Max: Fury Street), and interval items galore. One other standout? The Nice Gatsby, which received costume design Oscars in 1974 and 2013.
Under, see each single Oscar winner for Finest Costume Design, from 1948 via the current.