The clothes make the man, woman, prince and pauper, but what does The Academy look for when it comes to Best Costume Design? For me personally, I love talking to costume designers, because of how tied their work is to an actor’s personal choices of a character’s arc. Costume designers work closely with their cast members to talk about silhouette, color, fit, and style, and characters rarely leave their homes without careful consideration of how their wardrobe aligns with their wants and personal moods.
Will The Academy dig Arianne Phillips’ recreation of Bob Dylan’s duds for A Complete Unknown? Will they dive into the different ways cardinals strut around in the papal thriller Conclave? Will they be impressed with how Linda Muir matched those gorgeous gowns with Robert Eggers’ dark vision? Or is it just Paul Tazewell and Wicked‘s to lose? Or could Janty Yates and David Crossman take Gladiator II‘s lone nomination to the podum? Megan and I are joined by writer and fellow costume lover, Fawnia Soo Hoo, to break down this year’s nominees and why we love this category so much.
If you haven’t heard it yet, check out our first Oscars 2025 deep-dive podcast where we covered this year’s Original Song and Original Score nominees. We’ll be dropping more special episodes highlighting craft nominees right up until the Oscars on Sunday, March 2.
We’re deeply appreciative for your shares, likes, and positive ratings on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
[powerpress]
Podcast Music:
Royalty Free Music from Tunetank.com
Track: Here We Go! by cinematic alex
https://tunetank.com/track/802-here-we-go/
![James Cusati-Moyer On the World Premiere of ‘Sacred Creatures’ at Edinburgh International Film Festival [VIDEO]](https://thecontending.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/SC_MicRay_10_Courtesy-Nicolas-Villegas-H-120x86.jpg)
Hello AD defectors—I’m here! 🤗
Ciao Jim! 🤗 I am always checking here and always reading the new articles here. They are 1000x more interesting than that of the other old place.
I am too busy lately with my classes to write very much. I am always waiting to see more faces here familiar, as we more and more of us will soon give up on the other place.
Thank you Joey for always being one of the best there is! grz
Hi Elio!
Yes, this is a good group of people who I have had the pleasure of knowing for many years. I even appeared on a couple of podcasts. 🤗