The 92nd Academy Awards- The Oscars- Best Costume Design
The Academy Awards, best known as the Oscars, has many different awards that are given that are tied to the best movies of the past year. There are a lot of important details that go into making an incredible movie. We have already gone through the nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Animated Feature Film, and Best Cinematography. Now we are going to go into the category of nominations for the Best Costume Design.
The first nomination in the category for Best Costume Design is for the movie, The Irishman. More specifically the nominees are Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson for their costume designs. The designers did an excellent job replicating the outfits worn by mobsters during the time the film takes place. There is not a single costume that feels out of place for this film.
After The Irishman, we have the historical comedy Jojo Rabbit which shows us a lonely German boy’s world being turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. In order to make the movie feel like an authentic timepiece, the costumes need to fit the period. Costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo did just that and it immerses you in the movie to keep you entertained.
Moving on, we have the movie that is most likely to win a couple of awards, the biggest of all being Best Picture. That movie would be Joker, and it has incredible costume designs to go with its intricate characters. The person behind all of those designs is Mark Bridges, without whom the movie wouldn’t portray the characters the way they were.
Next up, we have a movie that was adapted from a novel and it is a movie that is a period piece. So, in order to be immersed in the movie and experience the time period, the costumes must fit it perfectly. Jacqueline Durran did just that and the hard work is shown on screen when we see the people on screen appearing just as they would at that time.
Finally, the last movie that we are taking a look at on the nomination list is Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. There seems to be a bit of a trend on the list of nominations for Best Costume Design. They are all movies that take place in older time periods. Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood is set strongly at the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Thus, we end up with clothing that perfectly emulates the time period and makes the world feel like how it was at the end of the 60’s. The designer of which is Arianne Phillips.
