The Costume Designers Guild is a solid precursor in that they nominate fifteen films, which should fill a four-film category. However, it’s very likely that they miss a few since the Academy very rarely pulls out of one and sometimes picks from missing to one of the remaining two.
Of the films I expected to be on this list, Love & Friendship, Allied, Silence, Rules Don’t Apply, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Fences, and
The one inclusion here that surprises, but absolutely delights, me is Kubo and the Two Strings. Animated films rarely ever appear in physical craft categories like production design, costume design, cinematography, or visual effects. While the latter has seen a few at the Oscars and elsewhere, the prior three are very often ignored. It’s nice to see some recognition for the very bold and creative work put into the film even if it is stop-motion. I don’t know if the CDG has ever done it before as I haven’t had the time to research, but the ADG (Art Directors Guild) definitely needs to do it more often and should have done it for this particular film.
The Nominations
Best Period Costume Design
The Dressmaker
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hail, Caesar!
Hidden Figures
Jackie
Best Fantasy Costume Design
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Kubo and the Two Strings
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Rogue One
Best Contemporary Costume Design
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Captain Fantastic
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Costume Designers Guild Data
First Awards: 1998 (19)
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