The time has finally come! I am excited to share with you the coveted list of this year’s Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design of 2024. Congratulations to these five talented costume designers! Watch the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 10th, 2024.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Napoleon – Janty Yates & David Crossman
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Barbie – Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran
Barbie, Directed by Greta Gerwig – “Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.”
Killers of the Flower Moon – Costume Design by Jacqueline West
Killers of the Flower Moon, Directed by Martin Scorsese – “Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her community from a spree of murders fueled by oil and greed.”
Napoleon – Costume Design by Janty Yates & David Crossman
Napoleon, Directed by Ridley Scott – “A look at the military commander’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.”
Oppenheimer – Costume Design by Ellen Mirojnick
Oppenheimer, Directed by Christopher Nolan – “During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.”
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Poor Things, Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos – “Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.”
