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UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

No matter how popular a clothing style may be in the world of high fashion, trends are made to come and go. This Emmy season has costume designers doing the work of interpreting those trends for a new era. Related Stories …

Coming into a series that has been on for two seasons doesn't always leave a lot of room for new ideas, but costume designer Christina Flannery says she was thrilled with the opportunity to embellish and elevate the established characters for the third season of The Righteous Gemstones. "Time had passed…

"The more I researched the game, the more excited I got about the prospect of working in that world and doing something like this," says Fallout costume designer Amy Westcott. "I was up for the challenge of making it good enough for the fans, for the gamers, for the people who are really into…

"The most important thing was for me just understanding the Japanese aesthetic," says costume designer Carlos Rosario. "[It was about] respecting the Japanese culture, being as accurate as possible and understanding the language of the clothing of that period." Based on the 1975 James Clavell novel, S…

"There are some replications in things and specific references, where it's almost like Easter eggs for the fans, but they're not really the same," says costume designer Jacqueline Durran. Rather than creating large scale versions of existing outfits, Durran says she used them as inspiration for entirely…

When creating a biographical drama of a historic figure, there's a delicate balance between striving for historical accuracy and focusing on crafting a compelling, human story. This awards season has seen its fair share of biopics, testing their costume designers in different…

As a prequel to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon posed a creative challenge: how to develop a new and distinctive style while respecting the set-up of the previous series. This challenge fell mainly to the craftspeople, whose work resulted in eight Emmy nominations for HBO this year, including…

For The Great, costume designer Sharon Long needed to capture the style of Russia’s 18th century outfits while infusing influences from European countries. Luckily, she says she “didn’t have to be completely faithful to historical accuracy because it’s a satire.” A prime example of this is Aunt…

“Every season, the vampires have to do formal wear, so every year we are kind of upping the ante with them,” says What We Do in the Shadows costume designer Laura Montgomery. “But this year with it being [Nandor’s] wedding and him being a total groomzilla, he really had to be extra special.” What We D…

As Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny hits cinemas with Harrison Ford on his last tour of duty in the role of its titular whip-cracking protagonist, fans around the world have been turning up to screenings dressed in the character’s trademark fedora and leather jacket. Talking to Deadline at the…

Celebrated Hollywood costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis has said the time is ripe for an overhaul of the contracts covering pay and conditions as well as Intellectual Property rights for her profession. Nadoolman Landis, whose credits include Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, The B…