Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes
Awarded for	Outstanding Period Costumes
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First award	2015
Currently held by	Shōgun and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024)
Website	emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes is presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2015, categories for period/fantasy and contemporary costumes were created. The categories were divided in 2018 for period and fantasy/sci-fi costumes.^[1] They replaced the retired categories for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

Rules require that nominations are distributed proportionally among regular series and limited series/movies, based on the number of submissions of each. For instance, if two-fifths of submissions are limited series/movies then two of the five nominees will be limited series/movies.^[2]

Winners and nominations

2010s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2010	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special[3]
	Return to Cranford	"Part 2"	Jenny Beavan and Alison Beard	PBS
	Emma	"Part 2"	Rosalind Ebbutt and Amanda Keable	PBS
	Georgia O'Keeffe		Michael Dennison and Frances Vega	Lifetime
	The Pacific	"Part 3"	Penny Rose and Ken Crouch	HBO
	You Don't Know Jack		Rita Ryack and Maria Tortu
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series[4]
	The Tudors	"As It Should Be"	Joan Bergin and Susan O'Connor Cave	Showtime
	Glee	"The Power of Madonna"	Lou Eyrich and Marisa Aboitiz	Fox
	The Good Wife	"Crash"	Daniel Lawson, Jennifer Rogien Faletti and Daniele Hollywood	CBS
	Mad Men	"Souvenir"	Janie Bryant and Le Dawson	AMC
	30 Rock	"I Do Do"	Tom Broecker and Remy Pearce, Joanna Brett	NBC
2011	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special[5]
	Downton Abbey	"Part 1"	Susannah Buxton and Caroline McCal	PBS
	Cinema Verite		Suttirat Anne Larlarb and Joseph T. Mastrolia	HBO
	Mildred Pierce	"Part 2"	Ann Roth, Michelle Matland and Patrick Wiley
	Upstairs, Downstairs	"The Fledgling"	Amy Roberts and Giles Gale	PBS
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series[6]
	The Borgias	"Lucrezia's Wedding"	Gabriella Pescucci and Uliva Pizzetti	Showtime
	Boardwalk Empire	"Anastasia"	John Dunn, Courtney McClain and Chris Peterson	HBO
	Game of Thrones	"The Pointy End"	Michele Clapton and Rachael Webb-Crozier
	Glee	"New York City"	Lou Eyrich and Marisa Aboitiz	Fox
	Mad Men	"The Beautiful Girls"	Janie Bryant and Le Dawson	AMC
2012	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special[7]
	Great Expectations		Annie Symons and Yvonne Duckett	PBS
	American Horror Story	"Halloween"	Chrisi Karvonides and Conan Castro	FX
	Hatfields & McCoys	"Part 2"	Karri Hutchinson and Adina Bucur	History
	Hemingway & Gellhorn		Ruth Myers and William McPhail	HBO
	Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia		Sarah Arthur and Ceri Walford	PBS
	Treasure Island	"Part 1"	Lorna Marie Mugan and Rhona McGuirke	Syfy
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series[8]
	Game of Thrones	"The Prince of Winterfell"	Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham and Chloe Aubry	HBO
	Boardwalk Empire	"21"	John Dunn and Maria Zamansky	HBO
	The Borgias	"The Confession"	Gabriella Pescucci and Uliva Pizzetti	Showtime
	Downton Abbey	"Episode One"	Susannah Buxton	PBS
	Once Upon a Time	"Hat Trick"	Eduardo Castro and Monique McRae	ABC
2013	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special[9]
	Behind the Candelabra		Ellen Mirojnick and Robert Q. Matthews	HBO
	American Horror Story: Asylum	"Madness Ends"	Lou Eyrich and Marcy Lavender	FX
	The Girl		Diana Cilliers and Melissa Moritz	HBO
	Killing Lincoln		Amy Andrews Harrell and Renee Jones	Nat Geo
	Parade's End	"Episode 3"	Sheena Napier and Jenna McGranaghan	HBO
	Phil Spector		Debra McGuire and Lorraine Calvert
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series[10]
	The Borgias	"The Gunpowder Plot"	Gabriella Pescucci, Uliva Pizzetti and Gábor Homonnay	Showtime
	Boardwalk Empire	"Resolution"	John Dunn and Maria Zamansky	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"Episode Four"	Caroline McCall and Dulcie Scott	PBS
	Game of Thrones	"Walk of Punishment"	Michele Clapton, Alexander Fordham and Chloe Aubry	HBO
	Once Upon a Time	"Queen of Hearts"	Eduardo Castro and Monique McRae	ABC
2014	Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or Special[11]
	American Horror Story: Coven		Lou Eyrich, Elizabeth Macey and Ken Van Duyne	FX
	House of Versace		Claire Nadon and Nicole Magny	Lifetime
	The Normal Heart		Daniel Orlandi, Gail A. Fitzgibbons, Hartsell Taylor and Maria Tortu	HBO
	Sherlock: His Last Vow		Sarah Arthur and Ceri Walford	PBS
	The White Queen	"Long Live the King"	Nic Ede, Raissa Hans and Elizabeth Healy	Starz
	Outstanding Costumes for a Series[12]
	Game of Thrones	"The Lion and the Rose"	Michele Clapton, Sheena Wichary, Alexander Fordham and Nina Ayres	HBO
	Boardwalk Empire	"New York Sour"	John Dunn, Lisa Padovani and Joseph La Corte	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"Episode Eight"	Caroline McCall, Heather Leat and Poli Kyriacou	PBS
	Mad Men	"Time Zones"	Janie Bryant, Tiffany White Stanton and Stacy Horn	AMC
	Once Upon a Time	"A Curious Thing"	Eduardo Castro and Monique McRae	ABC
2015 [13]	Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie
	American Horror Story: Freak Show	"Monsters Among Us"	Lou Eyrich, Elizabeth Macey and Ken Van Duyne	FX
	Boardwalk Empire	"Golden Days for Boys and Girls"	John Dunn, Maria Zamansky, James Hammer and Joseph La Corte	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"A Moorland Holiday"	Anna Robbins, Michael Weldon and Kathryn Tart	PBS
	Game of Thrones	"The Dance of Dragons"	Michele Clapton, Alex Fordham, Nina Ayres and Sheena Wichary	HBO
	Wolf Hall	"Anna Regina"	Joanna Eatwell, T.K. Lang and Clare Vyse	PBS
2016 [14]	Game of Thrones	"The Winds of Winter"	Michele Clapton, Chloe Aubry and Sheena Wichary	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"Episode Eight"	Anna Mary Scott Robbins, Kathryn Tart and Michael Weldon	PBS
	Outlander	"Not in Scotland Anymore"	Terry Dresbach, Elle Wilson, Nadine Powell and Anna Lau	Starz
	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"	Hala Bahmet, Marina Ray and Elinor Bardach	FX
	Roots	"Night One"	Ruth E. Carter, Diana Cilliers, Megan "Bijou" Coates, Hetta Burger, Meagan McLaughlin Luster and Gillian Gregg	History
2017 [15]
	The Crown	"Wolferton Splash"	Michele Clapton, Alex Fordham, Emma O'Loughlin and Kate O'Farrell	Netflix
	Feud: Bette and Joan	"And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"	Lou Eyrich, Hannah Jacobs and Katie Saunders	FX
	Genius	"Einstein: Chapter Seven"	Sonu Mishra, Martina Hejlova and Petia Krckova	Nat Geo
	The Handmaid's Tale	"Offred"	Ane Crabtree and Sheena Wichary	Hulu
	Westworld	"The Original"	Trish Summerville, Jo Kissack Folsom and Lynda Foote	HBO
2018 [16]	Outstanding Period Costumes
	The Crown	"Dear Mrs. Kennedy"	Jane Petrie, Emily Newby, Basia Kuznar and Gaby Spanswick	Netflix
	The Alienist	"A Fruitful Partnership"	Michael Kaplan, Rudy Mance, Beáta Merkovits and Andrew Hunt	TNT
	Genius: Picasso	"Chapter One"	Sonu Mishra, Eudald Magari and Balazs Labancz	Nat Geo
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti, Ginnie Patton and Sheila Grover	Prime Video
	Outlander	"Freedom & Whisky"	Terry Dresbach, Nadine Powell and Anna Lau	Starz
2019 [17]
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"We're Going to the Catskills!"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti and Tim McKelvey	Prime Video
	Chernobyl	"Please Remain Calm"	Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Daiva Petrulyte, Holly McLean, Anna Munro and Sylvie Org	HBO
	Fosse/Verdon	"Life Is a Cabaret"	Melissa Toth, Joseph La Corte, Catherine Crabtree, Isabelle Simone, Kristin Isola and Virginia Patton	FX
	GLOW	"Every Potato Has a Receipt"	Beth Morgan, Alexandra Casey and Sharon Taylor Sampson	Netflix
	Pose	"Pilot"	Lou Eyrich, Analucia Mcgorty, Amy Ritchings and Kevin Ritter	FX

2020s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2020 [18]
	The Crown	"Cri de Coeur"	Amy Roberts, Sidonie Roberts and Sarah Moore	Netflix
	Hollywood	"A Hollywood Ending"	Lou Eyrich, Sarah Evelyn, Tiger Curran and Suzy Freeman	Netflix
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"It's Comedy or Cabbage"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti, Sheila Grover and Ginnie Patton	Prime Video
	Mrs. America	"Shirley"	Bina Daigeler, Erin Byrne, Bettina Seifert, Erika Larner, Mila Hermanovski and Eileen Kennedy	FX
	Pose	"Acting Up"	Analucia McGorty, Nicky Smith, Alexa DeFazio and Linda Giammarese
2021 [19]
	The Queen's Gambit	"End Game"	Gabriele Binder, Gina Krauss, Katrin Hoffmann, Nanrose Buchmann and Sparka Lee Hall	Netflix
	Bridgerton	"Diamond of the First Water"	Ellen Mirojnick, John W. Glaser III, Sanaz Missaghian and Kenny Crouch	Netflix
	The Crown	"Terra Nullius"	Amy Roberts, Sidonie Roberts and Giles Gale
	Halston	"Versailles"	Jeriana San Juan, Catherine Crabtree, Cailey Breneman and Anne Newton-Harding
	Ratched	"Pilot"	Lou Eyrich, Rebecca Guzzi, Allison Agler and Betsy Glick
2022 [20]
	The Great	"Five Days"	Sharon Long, Viveene Campbell, Anna Cavalerie and Bobbie Edwards	Hulu
	Angelyne	"Glow in the Dark Queen of the Universe"	Danny Glicker, Jessica Fasman and Adam Girardet	Peacock
	Bridgerton	"Harmony"	Sophie Canale, Dougie Hawkes, Sarah June Mills, Charlotte Armstrong, Sanaz Missaghian and Kevin Pratten-Stone	Netflix
	The First Lady	"Cracked Pot"	Signe Sejlund, Felicia Jarvis, Matthew Hemesath, Paula Truman, Stephen Oh and Jessica Trejos	Showtime
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest"	Donna Zakowska, Moria Sine Clinton, Ben Philipp, Ginnie Patton, Dan Hicks and Mikita Thompson	Prime Video
2023	Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series[21]
	The Great	"Choose Your Weapon"	Sharon Long, Claire Tremlett, Basia Kuznar and Anna Lau	Hulu
	The Crown	"Mou Mou"	Amy Roberts, Sidonie Roberts and Christof Roche-Gordon	Netflix
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"Susan"	Donna Zakowska, Katie Hartsoe, Ben Philipp, Amanda Seymour, Claire Aquila and Marie Seifts	Prime Video
	Perry Mason	"Chapter Ten"	Catherine Adair, David J. Matwijkow and Nanrose Buchman	HBO
	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	"Crown Jewels"	Lyn Elizabeth Paolo, Laura Frecon, Jovana Gospavic and Alex Locke	Netflix
	Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie[22]
	Daisy Jones & the Six	"Track 8: Looks Like We Made It"	Denise Wingate and Derek Sullivan	Prime Video
	Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story	"Please Don't Go"	Rudy Mance, Monica Chamberlain, Desmond Smith and Suzy Freeman	Netflix
	George & Tammy	"We're Gonna Hold On"	Mitchell Travers, Mitchel Wolf, Laurel Rose, Aileen Abercrombie, Susan Russell and Charles Carter	Showtime
	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	"Dreams in the Witch House"	Luis Sequeira, Ann Steel and Heather Crepp	Netflix
	Welcome to Chippendales	"Leeches"	Peggy Schnitzer, Derek Bulger and Julie Heath	Hulu
2024	Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series[23]
	Shōgun	"Ladies of the Willow World"	Carlos Rosario, Carole Griffin, Kristen Bond, Kenichi Tanaka and Paula Plachy	FX
	The Gilded Age	"You Don't Even Like Opera"	Kasia Walicka Maimone, Patrick Wiley, Isabelle Simone, Denise Andres and Rebecca Levin Lore	HBO
	The New Look	"What a Day This Has Been"	Karen Muller Serreau, Catherine Boisgontier and Emmanuelle Pertus	Apple TV+
	Palm Royale	"Maxine Throws a Party"	Alix Friedberg, Carolyn Dessert, Leigh Bell, Lindsay Newton and Valerie Keiser
	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty	"What Is and What Should Never Be"	Emma Potter, Maressa Richtmyer and Shannon Moore	HBO
	Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie[24]
	Feud: Capote vs. The Swans	"Pilot"	Lou Eyrich, Leah Katznelson, Emily O'Connor, Laura McCarthy, Hanna Shea and Miwa Ishii	FX
	Griselda	"Paradise Lost"	Safowa Bright Bitzelberger, Joseph Castellanos, Jennifer Marlin, Serena Duffin and Joanne Mills Trotta	Netflix
	Lessons in Chemistry	"Little Miss Hastings"	Mirren Gordon-Crozier, Jen Kennedy and Kelli Hagen	Apple TV+
	Mary & George	"Not So Much as Love as by Awe"	Annie Symons, Cédric Andries, Courtney McClain, Jovana Gospavic and Jason Airey	Starz
	Ripley	"IV La Dolce Vita"	Maurizio Millenotti, Gianni Casalnuovo, Ernest Camilleri, Teresa D'Arienzo and Francesco Morabito	Netflix

Programs with multiple wins

4 wins The Crown [note 1]

2 wins The Great

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominees for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

6 nominations

• The Crown ^{[note 2]}
• Downton Abbey

5 nominations

• Boardwalk Empire
• Mad Men
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

4 nominations

• Remember WENN
• That '70s Show
• The Tudors

3 nominations

• The Borgias
• Deadwood
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Pose ^{[note 3]}
• Road to Avonlea

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2 nominations

• Bridgerton
• Carnivàle
• Genius
• The Great
• Homefront
• I'll Fly Away
• The Magnificent Seven
• Outlander
• Rome
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Notes

1. Total includes The Crown’s win for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.
2. Total includes The Crown’s nomination for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.
3. Total includes Pose’s nomination for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.

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