28th Costume Designers Guild Nominations

Yesterday, December 12, 2025, the guild announced the nominations for the 2026 edition of the Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGA) celebrating excellence in film, television, short form costume design and costume illustration. As film categories define different film genres there is no film leading and nominated films include films like Bugonia, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Sinners, and Wicked: For Good that could have nomination chances in this category at the 2026 Oscars.

When considering all costume design categories that CDGA honors is costume designer Colleen Atwood that leads with three nominations; but, when considering only film categories is costume designer Lindsay Pugh who leads with two nominations one for Hedda and another for How To Train Your Dragon.

Only costume designers are listed in the initial release. Assistant costume designers will be announced at a later date, pending vetting and approval by the awards team.

Winners will be revealed at the 28th CDGA ceremony on Thursday, February 12 at The Ebell in Los Angeles.

The Nominations

Excellence in Contemporary Film
Jennifer Johnson for Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, UK, Canada, South Korea and USA
Julian Day for F1 The Movie, Joseph Kosinski, USA
Colleen Atwood for One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
Jenny Eagan for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson, USA 
Trish Summerville for Weapons, Zach Cregger, USA

Excellence in Period Film
Anna Mary Scott Robbins for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Simon Curtis, UK and USA 
Kate Hawley for Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Mexico and USA
Malgosia Turzanska for Hamnet, Chloé Zhao, UK and USA
Lindsay Pugh for Hedda, Nia DaCosta, USA
Ruth E. Carter for Sinners, Ryan Coogler, USA

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Deborah L. Scott for Avatar: Fire and Ash, James Cameron, USA 
Lindsay Pugh for How To Train Your Dragon, Dean DeBlois, USA, UK, Ireland, Iceland, and Canada 
Sanja Milkovic Hays for Thunderbolts*, Jake Schreier, USA, Australia, and Canada 
Christine Bieselin Clark and Alix Friedberg for Tron: Ares, Joachim Rønning, USA, Canada, and New Zealand
Paul Tazewell for Wicked: For Good, Jon M. Chu, USA, Canada and Australia

To check nominations, including television and all other, go to official site here.