Costume Designers Guild Awards

The Costume Designers Guild Awards are awards presented annually by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) to recognize outstanding achievement in costume design for film, television, short form productions, and costume illustration.^[1]

Costume Designers Guild Awards
Current: 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in costume design
Country	United States
Presented by	Costume Designers Guild
First award	February 6, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-02-06)
Website	costumedesignersguild.com

History

In 1999, the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) began giving out its own awards to honor outstanding achievements in costume design at a ceremony similar to that of the DGA, WGA, PGA, and SAG awards.^[2] The first CDG Awards presentation was held on February 6, 1999, at the Beverly Hills Hotel, hosted by actress Anjelica Huston.^[2] Two competitive categories for excellence in film and television have been presented; Judianna Makovsky and Van Broughton Ramsey won for Pleasantville and The Tempest, respectively.^[3] Nevertheless, these categories were divided into various genres for all subsequent ceremonies. The inaugural career achievement award recipients were veteran designers Albert Wolsky and Bob Mackie.^[3] All winners and honorees were given the CDGA statuette, which is made of sterling silver and depicts a female figure draped in an amorphous swirl of fabric.^[2]

Through the years, the CDG Awards has expanded to include several competition categories that encompass film, television and commercials.^[4]

Award categories

Film

• • Excellence in Contemporary Film: since 1999
  • Excellence in Period Film: since 2005
  • Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film: since 2005

Television

• • Excellence in Contemporary Television: since 1999
  • Excellence in Period Television: since 2015
  • Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television: since 2015
  • Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, and Live Television: since 2018
  • Excellence in Short Form Design: since 2003

Special awards

• • Career Achievement Award: since 1998
  • Hall of Fame Award: since 1998

Discontinued awards

• • Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film: 1998 to 2004
  • Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television: 1998 to 2014
  • Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries: 2005 to 2014

Award ceremonies

Event	Date	Host	Ref.
1st	February 6, 1999	Anjelica Huston	[3]
2nd	February 12, 2000		[5]
3rd	March 17, 2001	Tim Curry	[6]
4th	March 16, 2002	Anjelica Huston	[7]
5th	February 16, 2003		[8]
6th	February 21, 2004		[9]
7th	February 19, 2005	Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen	[10]
8th	February 25, 2006	Anjelica Huston	[11]
9th	February 17, 2007	Jane Kaczmarek	[12]
10th	February 19, 2008	Anjelica Huston	[13]
11th	February 17, 2009	Debra Messing	[14]
12th	February 25, 2010	Parker Posey	[15]
13th	February 22, 2011	Kristin Davis	[16]
14th	February 21, 2012	Jane Lynch	[17]
15th	February 19, 2013	Joel McHale	[18]
16th	February 22, 2014	Joshua Malina	[19]
17th	February 17, 2015	Emmy Rossum	[20]
18th	February 23, 2016	Betsy Brandt	[21]
19th	February 21, 2017	Mandy Moore	[22]
20th	February 20, 2018	Gina Rodriguez	[23]
21st	February 19, 2019	Kate Walsh	[24]
22nd	January 28, 2020	Mindy Kaling	[25]
23rd	April 13, 2021	Lana Condor	[26]
24th	March 9, 2022	Andrew Rannells Casey Wilson	[27]
25th	February 27, 2023	Tituss Burgess	[28]
26th	February 21, 2024	Wendi McLendon-Covey	[29]
27th	February 6, 2025	Jackie Tohn	[30]