Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominations: Weapons, Sinners, Tron: Ares Among Film Nominees

The nominees for the 2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards have been revealed, with costume designer Colleen Atwood landing three nods as Weapons, Sinners, Palm Royale and costume designers Lindsay Pugh and Steven Norman Lee landed two nods each.

Weapons is nominated in the contemporary film category alongside Bugonia, F1 The Movie, One Battle After Another and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

In the period film category, Sinners is up against Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Frankenstein, Hamnet and Hedda.

The sci-fi/fantasy film category nominees are Avatar: Fire and Ash, How to Train Your Dragon, Thunderbolts*, Tron: Ares and Wicked: For Good.

Weapons, Sinners and Palm Royale were also nominated for excellence in costume illustration, where they’re up against On Swift Horses.

In terms of specific costume designers, Colleen Atwood was nominated for her work on One Battle After Another, the Wednesday “Woe Me The Money” episode with Mark Sutherland and Lady Gaga’s “The Dead Dance” music video. Lindsay Pugh received two nominations, for her work on Hedda and How to Train Your Dragon.

“We are proud to congratulate this year’s CDGA nominees. You create characters that inspire audiences and shape the future,” CDGA president Terry Ann Gordon said in a statement. “We look forward to celebrating you and your brilliant work on this incredible evening. Best wishes to each nominee.”

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

At the 2025 Costume Designers Guild Awards, Conclave, Nosferatu and Wicked won for contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy film, respectively. Wicked and its costume designer Paul Tazewell went on to win the Oscar for best costume design.

Read on for the full list of this year’s CDGA nominations.

Excellence in Contemporary Film

Bugonia – Jennifer Johnson, CDG
F1 The Movie – Julian Day, CDG
One Battle After Another – Colleen Atwood, CDG
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Jenny Eagan, CDG
Weapons – Trish Summerville, CDG

Excellence in Period Film

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale – Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Frankenstein – Kate Hawley, CDG
Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska, CDG
Hedda – Lindsay Pugh
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter, CDG

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L. Scott, CDG
How To Train Your Dragon – Lindsay Pugh
Thunderbolts* – Sanja Milkovic Hays, CDG
Tron: Ares – Christine Bieselin Clark, CDG & Alix Friedberg, CDG
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell, CDG

Excellence in Contemporary Television

Emily in Paris – Veni, Vidi, Venezia – Marylin Fitoussi
Hacks – Heaven – Kathleen Felix-Hager, CDG
The Righteous Gemstones – You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the Very Heart of the Seas – Christina Flannery, CDG
The Studio – CinemaCon – Kameron Lennox, CDG
Wednesday – Woe Me The Money – Colleen Atwood, CDG & Mark Sutherland

Excellence in Period Television

1923 – A Dream and a Memory – Janie Bryant, CDG & Gaby Acosta, CDG
Chief of War – City of Flowers – Caroline Eselin-Schaefer, CDG
House of Guinness – Episode 4 – Edward K. Gibbon
Palm Royale – Maxine Is Ready to Single Mingle – Alix Friedberg, CDG &Leigh Bell, CDG
The Gilded Age – Marriage Is a Gamble – Kasia Walicka Maimone

Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television

Andor – Harvest – Michael Wilkinson, CDG
Black Mirror – USS Callister: Into Infinity – Matthew Price
Murderbot – FreeCommerce – Carrie Grace, CDG & Laura Jean Shannon, CDG
The Wheel of Time – He Who Comes With The Dawn – Sharon Gilham
The Witcher – Baptism of Fire – Lucinda Wright

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television

Dancing with the Stars – Premiere – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Daniela Gschwendtner, CDG
Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special – Tom Broecker, CDG, Cristina Natividad, & Ashley Dudek
The Masked Singer – The Lucky 6: Merging of the Masks – Steven Norman Lee, CDG & Luke D’Alessandro, CDG
The Traitors – Til Death Us Do Part – Sam Spector, CDG & Rikki Finlay
Wicked: One Wonderful Night – Katja Cahill, CDG

Excellence in Short Form Design

Someday, by Spike Jonze: AirPods 4 – Kym Barrett, CDG
Dandyland: Episode 10 – Rafaella Rabinovich
Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (Music Video) – Colleen Atwood, CDG
Batman vs. Bateman: State Farm® – Anette Cseri, CDG
Uber Eats: A Century of Cravings – Super Bowl – Michelle Martini, CDG

Excellence in Costume Illustration

On Swift Horses – Eduardo Lucero, CDG Illustrator
Palm Royale – Oksana Nedavniaya, CDG Illustrator
Sinners – Felipe Sanchez, CDG Illustrator
Weapons – Oksana Nedavniaya, CDG Illustrator