
From "Joan of Arc" in 1949 to "The Young Victoria" in 2010, the Academy Awards have recognized great achievement in costume design throughout the years.
Other classic films to have won the Oscar for Costume Design include "Gladiator", "Amadeus", "Star Wars", "My Fair Lady" and "The King and I".
| 2010 The Young Victoria | |
| Sandy Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Bright Star; Coco Before Chanel; The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus; Nine | |
| 2009 The Duchess | |
| Michael O'Connor | |
| Other Nominees: Australia; Curious Case Of Benjamin Button; Milk; Revolutionary Road | |
| 2008 Elizabeth: The Golden Age | |
| Other Nominees: Across the Universe; Atonement; La Vie En Rose; Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| 2007 Marie Antoinette | |
| Other Nominees: Curse of the Golden Flower; The Devil Wears Prada; Dreamgirls; The Queen | |
| 2006 Memoirs Of A Geisha | |
| Colleen Atwood | |
| Other Nominees: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Mrs Henderson Presents; Pride and Prejudice; Walk the Line | |
| 2005 The Aviator | |
| Sandy Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Finding Neverland; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Ray; Troy | |
| 2004 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | |
| Ngila Dickson; Richard Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: Girl With A Pearl Earring; The Last Samurai; Master and Commander; Seabiscuit | |
| 2003 Chicago | |
| Colleen Atwood | |
| Other Nominees: Frida; Gangs of New York; The Hours; The Pianist | |
| 2002 The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | |
| Nglia Dickson; Richard Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: The Affair of the Necklace; Gosford Park; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Moulin Rouge | |
| 2001 Gladiator | |
| Janty Yates | |
| Other Nominees: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; 102 Dalmations; Quills | |
| 2000 Topsy-Turvy | |
| Lindy Hemming | |
| Other Nominees: Anna and the King; Sleepy Hollow; The Talented Mr Ripley; Titus | |
| 1999 Shakespeare In Love | |
| Sandy Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Beloved; Elizabeth; Pleasantville; Velvet Goldmine | |
| 1998 Titanic | |
| Deborah L Scott | |
| Other Nominees: Amistad; Kundun; Oscar and Lucinda; The Wings of the Dove | |
| 1997 The English Patient | |
| Ann Roth | |
| Other Nominees: Angels and Insects; Emma; Hamlet; The Portrait of a Lady | |
| 1996 Restoration | |
| James Acheson | |
| Other Nominees: Braveheart; Richard III; Sense and Sensibility; 12 Monkeys | |
| 1995 The Adventures of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert | |
| Lizzy Gardiner; Tim Chappel | |
| Other Nominees: Bullets Over Broadway; Little Women; Maverick; Queen Margot | |
| 1994 The Age of Innocence | |
| Gabriella Pesuucci | |
| Other Nominees: Orlando; The Piano; The Remains of the Day; Schindler's List | |
| 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula | |
| Eiko Ishioka | |
| Other Nominees: Enchanted April; Howard's End; Malcolm X; Toys | |
| 1992 Bugsy | |
| Albert Wolsky | |
| Other Nominees: The Addams Family; Barton Fink; Hook; Madame Bovary | |
| 1991 Cyrano de Bergerac | |
| Franca Squarciapino | |
| Other Nominees: Avalon; Dances With Wolves; Dick Tracy; Hamlet | |
| 1990 Henry V | |
| Phyllis Dalton | |
| Other Nominees: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen; Driving Miss Daisy; Harlem Nights; Valmont | |
| 1989 Dangerous Liaisons | |
| James Acheson | |
| Other Nominees: Coming To America; A Handful Of Dust; Sunset; Tucker The Man and His Dream | |
| 1988 The Last Emperor | |
| James Acheson | |
| Other Nominees: The Dead; Empire Of the Sun; Maurice; The Untouchables | |
| 1987 A Room With A View | |
| Jenny Beavan; John Bright | |
| Other Nominees: The Mission; Othello; Peggy Sue Got Married; Pirates | |
| 1986 Ran | |
| Emi Wada | |
| Other Nominees: The Color Purple; The Journey of Natty Gann; Out of Africa; Prizzi's Honor | |
| 1985 Amadeus | |
| Theodor Pistek | |
| Other Nominees: The Bostonians; A Passage To India; Places In the Heart; 2010 | |
| 1984 Fanny & Alexander | |
| Marik Vos | |
| Other Nominees: Cross Creek; Heart Like A Wheel; The Return of Martin Guerre; Zelig | |
| 1983 Gandhi | |
| John Mollo; Bhanu Athaiya | |
| Other Nominees: La Traviata; Sophie's Choice; Tron; Victor/Victoria | |
| 1982 Chariots of Fire ("Chariots Of Fire") | |
| Milena Canonero | |
| Other Nominees: The French Lieutenant's Woman; Pennies From Heaven; Ragtime; Reds | |
| 1981 Tess | |
| Anthony Powell | |
| Other Nominees: The Elephant Man; My Brilliant Career; Somewhere In Time; When Time Ran Out | |
| 1980 All That Jazz | |
| Albert Wolsky | |
| Other Nominees: Agatha; Butch and Sundance: The Early Days; The Europeans; La Cage aux Folles | |
| 1979 Death On the Nile ("Death On The Nile") | |
| Anthony Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Caravans; Days of Heaven; The Swarm; The Wiz | |
| 1978 Star Wars | |
| John Mollo | |
| Other Nominees: Airport 77; Julia; A Little Night Music; The Other Side of Midnight | |
| 1977 Fellini's Casanova | |
| Danilo Donati | |
| Other Nominees: Bound For Glory; The Incredible Sarah; The Passover Plot; The Seven-per-cent Solution | |
| 1976 Barry Lyndon | |
| Ulla-Britt Soderlund; Milena Canonero | |
| Other Nominees: The Four Musketeers; Funny Lady; The Magic Flute; The Man Who Would Be King | |
| 1975 The Great Gatsby | |
| Theoni V Aldredge | |
| Other Nominees: Chinatown; Daisy Miller; The Godfather part II; Murder On the Orient Express | |
| 1974 The Sting | |
| Edith Head | |
| Other Nominees: Cries and Whispers; Ludwig; Tom Sawyer; The Way We Were | |
| 1973 Travels With My Aunt | |
| Anthony Powell | |
| Other Nominees: The Godfather; Lady Sings the Blues; The Poseidon Adventure; Young Winston | |
| 1972 Nicholas and Alexandra | |
| Yvonne Blake; Antonio Castillo | |
| Other Nominees: Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Death In Venice; Mary Queen of Scots; What's the Matter With Helen? | |
| 1971 Cromwell | |
| Nino Novarese | |
| Other Nominees: Airport; Darling Lili; The Hawaiians; Scrooge | |
| 1970 Anne Of The Thousand Days | |
| Margaret Furse | |
| Other Nominees: Gaily Gaily; Hello Dolly!; Sweet Charity; They Shoot Horses Don't They? | |
| 1969 Romeo and Juliet | |
| Danilo Donati | |
| Other Nominees: The Lion In Winter; Oliver!; Planet Of the Apes; Star! | |
| 1968 Camelot | |
| John Truscott | |
| Other Nominees: Bonnie and Clyde; The Happiest Millionaire; The Taming of the Shrew; Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 1967 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |
| Irene Sharaff | |
| Other Nominees: The Gospel According to St Matthew; Mandragola; Mister Buddwing; Morgan! | |
| 1967 A Man For All Seasons | |
| Elizabeth Haffenden; Joan Bridge | |
| Other Nominees: Gambit; Hawaii; Juliet of the Spirits; The Oscar | |
| 1966 Darling | |
| Julie Harris | |
| Other Nominees: Morituri; A Rage To Live; Ship Of Fools; The Slender Thread | |
| 1966 Doctor Zhivago | |
| Phyllis Dalton | |
| Other Nominees: The Agony and the Ecstasy; The Greatest Story Ever Told; Inside Daisy Clover; The Sound of Music | |
| 1965 The Night of the Iguana | |
| Dorothy Jeakins | |
| Other Nominees: A House Is Not A Home; Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte; Kisses For My President; The Visit | |
| 1965 My Fair Lady | |
| Cecil Beaton | |
| Other Nominees: Becket; Mary Poppins; The Unsinkable Molly Brown; What A Way To Go! | |
| 1964 Federico Fellini's 8-1/2 | |
| Piero Gherardi | |
| Other Nominees: Love With the Proper Stranger; The Stripper; Toys In the Attic; Wives and Lovers | |
| 1964 Cleopatra | |
| Irene Sharaff; Vittorio Nino Novarese; Renie | |
| Other Nominees: The Cardinal; How the West Was Won; The Leopard; A New Kind Of Love | |
| 1963 What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? | |
| Norma Koch | |
| Other Nominees: Days of Wine and Roses; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; The Miracle Worker; Phaedra | |
| 1963 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | |
| Mary Wills | |
| Other Nominees: Bon Voyage!; Gypsy; The Music Man; My Geisha | |
| 1962 La Dolce Vita | |
| Piero Gherardi | |
| Other Nominees: The Children's Hour; Claudelle Inglish; Judgment at Nuremberg; Yojimbo | |
| 1962 West Side Story | |
| Irene Sharaff | |
| Other Nominees: Babes In Toyland; Back Street; Flower Drum Song; Pocketful of Miracles | |
| 1961 The Facts Of Life ("The Facts of Life") | |
| Edith Head; Edward Stevenson | |
| Other Nominees: Never On Sunday; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; Seven Thieves; The Virgin Spring | |
| 1961 Spartacus | |
| Valles; Bill Thomas | |
| Other Nominees: Can-Can; Midnight Lace; Pepe; Sunrise at Campobello | |
| 1960 Some Like It Hot | |
| Orry Kelly | |
| Other Nominees: Career; The Diary of Anne Frank; The Gazebo; The Young Philadelphians | |
| 1960 Ben-Hur | |
| Elizabeth Haffenden | |
| Other Nominees: The Best of Everything; The Big Fisherman; The Five Pennies; Porgy and Bess | |
| 1959 Gigi | |
| Cecil Beaton | |
| Other Nominees: Bell Book and Candle; The Buccaneer; A Certain Smile; Some Came Running | |
| 1958 Les Girls | |
| Orry Kelly | |
| Other Nominees: An Affair To Remember; Funny Face; Pal Joey; Raintree County | |
| 1957 The Solid Gold Cadillac | |
| Jean Louis | |
| Other Nominees: The Magnificent Seven; The Power and the Prize; The Proud and the Profane; Teenage Rebel | |
| 1957 The King and I | |
| Irene Sharaff | |
| Other Nominees: Around the World In 80 Days; Giant; The Ten Commandments; War and Peace | |
| 1956 I'll Cry Tomorrow | |
| Helen Rose | |
| Other Nominees: The Pickwick Papers; Queen Bee; The Rose Tattoo; Ugetsu | |
| 1956 Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing | |
| Charles LeMaire | |
| Other Nominees: Guys and Dolls; Interrupted Melody; To Catch A Thief; The Virgin Queen | |
| 1955 Sabrina | |
| Edith Head | |
| Other Nominees: The Earrings of Madame de; Executive Suite; Indiscretion of an American Wife; It Should Happen To You | |
| 1955 Gate of Hell | |
| Sanzo Wada | |
| Other Nominees: Brigadoon; Desiree; A Star Is Born; There's No Business Like Show Business | |
| 1954 Roman Holiday | |
| Edith Head | |
| Other Nominees: The Actress; Dream Wife; From Here To Eternity; The President's Lady | |
| 1954 The Robe | |
| Charles LeMaire; Emile Santiago | |
| Other Nominees: The Band Wagon; Call Me Madam; How To Marry A Millionaire; Young Bess | |
| 1953 The Bad and the Beautiful | |
| Helen Rose | |
| Other Nominees: Affair In Trinidad; Carrie; My Cousin Rachel; Sudden Fear | |
| 1953 Moulin Rouge | |
| Marcel Vertes | |
| Other Nominees: The Greatest Show On Earth; Hans Christian Andersen; The Merry Widow; With A Song In My Heart | |
| 1952 A Place In The Sun | |
| Edith Head | |
| Other Nominees: Kind Lady; The Model and the Marriage Broker; The Mudlark; A Streetcar Named Desire | |
| 1952 An American In Paris | |
| Orry Kelly; Walter Plunkett; Irene Sharaff | |
| Other Nominees: David and Bathsheba; The Great Caruso; Quo Vadis; Tales of Hoffmann | |
| 1951 All About Eve | |
| Edith Head; Charles LeMaire | |
| Other Nominees: Born Yesterday; The Magnificent Yankee | |
| 1951 Samson and Delilah | |
| Edith Head; Dorothy Jeakins; Elois Jenssen; Gile Steele; Gwen Wakeling | |
| Other Nominees: The Black Rose; That Forsyte Woman | |
| 1950 The Heiress | |
| Edith Head; Gile Steele | |
| Other Nominees: Prince of Foxes | |
| 1950 The Adventures of Don Juan | |
| Leah Rhodes; Travilla; Marjorie Best | |
| Other Nominees: Mother Is A Freshman | |
| 1949 Hamlet | |
| Roger K Furse | |
| Other Nominees: B.F.'s Daughter | |
| 1949 Joan of Arc | |
| Dorothy Jeakins; Karinska | |
| Other Nominees: The Emperor Waltz | |