If a film about a fashion designer from two of contemporary cinema’s most obsessively detail-oriented artists, for which one of said artists actually learned to make couture gowns, can’t get nominated for an award recognizing excellence in costuming, then what hope is there for the rest of us? Luckily, one aspect of our world continues to make sense as Variety reports that Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread is among the five period films nominated for a Costume Designers Guild award this year.
Recognizing the unique challenges in designing wardrobes for different genres and time periods, the Costume Designers Guild splits its awards into “period,” “contemporary,” and “sci-fi/fantasy” categories. With so many recent films and TV series set in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the distinction between the first two is becoming increasingly unclear: For example, Stranger Things, whose latest season is set in 1984, was nominated as a period piece, while I, Tonya, which begins in the mid-’70s and extends through the mid-’90s, was nominated as a contemporary film. But enough splitting hairs—we’re just happy The Young Pope’s excellent cape game is being recognized.
A full list of Costume Designers Guild Awards nominees is below.
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Get Out (Nadine Haders)
I, Tonya (Jennifer Johnson)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Arianne Phillips)
Lady Bird (April Napier)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Melissa Toth)