Variety: The nominations for the Costume Designers Guild Awards will be released on Wednesday, recognizing the achievements of the artisans that created some of the most memorable outfits and clothing designs of the year. Following the 10-month eligibility window, the community of over 1,200 members separates the film categories into three groups — contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy.
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I think with the popularity of shows like the Oscars and other entertainment awards, smaller award shows are overlooked,I didn’t even know that the Costume Designers Guild Awards were a thing to begin with. And even though the Oscars are far more popular and mainstream, it’s interesting how the article highlighted its connection to this award show. One thing that the article mentioned that I was not at all surprised about was that Little Women didn’t win the costume specific awards, but did win the Oscar. I’ve read and watched countless analyses of the costumes from that movie and just how horrifically inaccurate they are. As for this years predictions, I haven’t seen many of them. From some of the pictures and buzz I’ve seen around House of Gucci and Dune those are likely the front runners of their categories both at these awards and many others to come.
Jacqueline Durran always designs such beautiful period costumes, and I really loved her work on Spencer. I’ve read elsewhere that she looked at Diana’s style and designed looks that would fit in with her wardrobe, but weren’t exact replicas. This turned out to be a great strategy as I think doing exact copies would be distracting and feel like a strange celebration of her fashion sense rather than a study of her emotional state and strained relationships. Durran generally takes successful risks with her period designs, as they can sometimes be far from accurate but do an amazing job of communicating emotions and feel like the character picked it out for themself. The article mentions Cruella, and I wasn’t as much of a fan of the costume design; I felt like it was not taking enough risks for a character that was supposed to be on the brink of mental breakdown.
One of the things I’ve always found most interesting about any kind of awards, especially something like costumes, is that a film can be absolutely terrible, but stunning visually, and I really appreciate that it can be awarded for that. Everyone I’ve spoken to hated Dune and said how boring it was, but that it was a gorgeous movie. Same with the House of Gucci. The actors' accents literally came and went throughout the film, however the set dressing was like no other, and I think it's amazing that these films and the people who work on them can still be recognized for their incredible talent. In the Green Knight the details were absolutely stunning and the variety of wardrobe that the costume designer presented was remarkable. I agree with Olivia that Spencer was fantastic, I didn’t know those weren’t replicas, but I also wasn’t distracted by the “Oh I remember seeing Diana wearing that” and then I would have been pulled out of the film and noticed more differences between the person and the actor. I thought it was a great choice.
Quite frankly I have always overlooked smaller award shows, so I appreciate this article in giving more recognition to something other than what is seen and advertised on television. It is very easy to forget just how wide the world of entertainment is, and just how many niches exist within it. There is so much good work that should be recognized, and it is exciting knowing that they are given a space to shine. About the predictions, I found Dune mediocre. But maybe that is just because sci-fi is often uninteresting to me, so it really just falls down to taste. House of Gucci was pretty good, though again it is very hard to make Lady Gaga look bad in anything. I will be checking out Licorice Pizza hopefully this weekend but I am expecting to the very least an entertaining couple of hours. Cruella was very fun to watch, the scene with the massive fantastical train Emma Stone was in I something I think about daily.
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