26th Costume Designers Guild Awards Winners

The San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles were buzzing with legendary artisans on Wednesday as The Hollywood Reporter and Bvlgari celebrated this year’s Academy Award-nominated costume designers: Ruth E. Carter (Sinners), Malgosia Turzanska (Hamnet), Kate Hawley (Frankenstein), Deborah L. Scott (Avatar: Fire and Ash) and Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme).

Tazewell, a previous nominee for “West Side Story,” already has an Emmy award (“The Wiz Live”) and Tony award (“Hamilton”) under his belt. He triumphed over fellow costume designers: Arianne Phillips (“A Complete Unknown”), Linda Muir (“Nosferatu”), Lisy Christl (“Conclave”) and Janty Yates and David Crossman (“Gladiator II”). costumedesignersguild.com/press_news/paul-tazewell-makes-oscars-history-as-first-black-man-to-win-best-costume-design/">
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26th Costume Designers Guild Awards Winners

New York Times:
There’s another Oscar-related clothes issue currently getting Hollywood all worked up: the fight for equal pay being waged by the members of the Costume Designers Guild. Costume designers, who are 83 percent female, are paid 30 percent less than production designers (their organizational-chart peers), who are 80 percent male, according to research from the U.S.C. Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and the Annenberg Foundation. costumedesignersguild.com/press_news/lets-talk-about-equal-pay-for-costume-designers/">Read More

In an industry plagued by pay inequity and gender bias, it’s no surprise that costume designers are victims of the same issues. “The majority of costume designers are women, and they are ignored,” says Perez, who’s worked as a costume designer on shows like The Mindy Project. “[The industry] thinking is, ‘Well, it’s just shopping, my wife can do that.’”

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