Lana Condor hosted the event, where Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers were honored with the award for the outstanding collaborator.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mulan and Promising young woman were the film winners at the 2021 Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday night.
The virtual event – which recognizes excellence in film, TV and short form costume design – was presented by To all the boys star Lana Condor in streamed live on Twitter.
Both Ma Rainey and Mulan is nominated for the Oscar for Best Costume Design. Ma Rainey Ann Roth, winner, however, did not deliver a speech on her victory. Condor noted that Roth prefers to let her work speak for itself.
With this year’s nomination, the 89-year-old Roth has set the record for the oldest Oscar nomination in general.
The other Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design – Emma, Pinocchio and Mank – were all nominated for costume designer guild awards.
Condor, who emphasized her love of fashion during the show, also showed off her comedy chops and joked about how she wanted to channel Catherine O’Hara to quarantine Schitt’s Creek Moira Rose and how she played presenter Andra Day recently when she sang in her shampoo bottle in ‘Lana Condor vs. My Shower Curtain ‘, a play on Day’s United States v Billie Holiday.
The president of the costume designers ‘guild, Salvador Perez, discusses the role of costume design and the guilds played in the pandemic, and begins by saying:’ Although we as costume designers work in fantasy and change reality, I do not think any of us would could imagine how we ‘we have lived our lives over the past year. It was challenging, but it also showed us how strong and resilient we are. ‘
Perez added: “During the pandemic, our work had such an impact on people’s lives. Television and film played an important role in keeping people inspired during the quarantine while everyone at home was looking for ways to express their thoughts of picking things up, we brought them other worlds to visit, fantasies and so many escapes from reality. “
The costume designer known for his work on The Mindy Project and Never have I ever had also acknowledged how the guild has teamed up with IATSE to make more than ‘45,000 masks for hospitals, first responders and others in need ‘when personal protective equipment was needed during the pandemic.
Perez also called for “pay equity now.”
“As costume designers, we are such an integral part of the storytelling process,” he said. “Because our work is traditionally done by women, we are paid much less than departments run by men.”
This call was continued by Promising young woman costume designer Nancy Steiner, who won the award for excellence in contemporary film.
“I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the industry with the request to pay costume designers what they are worth. So much of what you see on screen is our work,” she said.
Shonda Rhimes and longtime producing partner Betsy Beers were honored with the honorary award for collaborators.
Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan presented the duo – who have worked together for almost 20 years, starting with Grey’s Anatomy – with the honor and said that the two power producers ‘rule’ over Shondaland: ‘a place where people are not afraid to be themselves, regardless of their form, color or creed, where every race, ethnicity and sexuality is celebrated.’
“To be a character in Shondaland is to look and feel your best,” Coughlan said.
Beers, who spoke first, said in part, “With each of our ranges, it’s clear that costume designers have shifted the culture and created moments and trends that survive the shows they come from.”
Rhimes used her time at the microphone to praise the costume designers she worked with: Linda Bass, Mimi Melgaard and Roemehl Hawkins (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Station 19); Ellen Mirojnick (Bridgerton and How to get away with murder); and Lyn Paolo (Scandal and the coming Invention of Anna).
HamiltonPaul Tazewell also delivered a powerful speech after winning the award for excellence in diversity, reality competition and live television: ‘At a time like last year in which we have all experienced and still experience the serious challenges of so many of us . our collective chickens come home to stay, Hamilton was a testament to the beauty of spirit that occurs when people of all races, genders, and creeds come together to stand up to tell our shared stories as Americans. ‘
Tazewell also thanks the “costume shops in New York that are struggling daily to stay afloat during this Broadway closure caused by the pandemic.”
Presenters at the 2021 Costume Designers Guild Awards include Day, Rose Byrne, OT Fagbenle, Ilana Glazer, Leslie Odom Jr., Emerald Fennell, Regina King, Carey Mulligan and Amanda Seyfried.
A full list of this year’s CDGA winners follows.
Excellence in science / fantasy film
Mulan – Bina Daigeler (WINNER)
Dolittle – Jenny Beavan
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Michael Wilkinson
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Wonder Woman 1984 – Lindy Hemming
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Promising Young Woman – Nancy Steiner (WINNER)
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar – Trayce Gigi Field
Birds of prey (and the fantastic emancipation of one Harley Quinn) – Erin Benach
Da 5 Bloods – Donna Berwick
The Prom – Lou Eyrich
Excellence in period film
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth (WINNER)
Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
Judas and the Black Messiah – Charlese Antoinette Jones
Mank – Trish Summerville
A Night in Miami – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Excellence in science / fantasy television
Westworld: “Parce Domine” – Shay Cunliffe (WENNER)
The Mandalorian: “Chapter 13: The Jedi” – Shawna Trpcic
Snowpiercer: “Access is Power” – Cynthia Summers
Star Trek: Picard: “Absolute Candor” – Christine Bieselin Clark
What we do in the shadows: “Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires” – Amanda Neale
Excellence in Contemporary Television
Schitt’s Creek: “Happy Ending” – Debra Hanson (WENNER)
Emily in Paris: “Faux Amis” – Patricia Field & Marylin Fitoussi
Euphoria: “Part 1: Rue – problems do not always last” – Heidi Bivens
I May You Destroy: “Social Media is a Great Way to Connect” – Lynsey Moore
Unorthodox: “Part 2” – Justine Seymour
Excellence in period television
The Queen’s Gambit: “End Game” – Gabriele Binder (WENNER)
Bridgerton: “Diamond of the First Water” – Ellen Mirojnick and John W. Glaser III
The Crown: “Terra Nullius” – Amy Roberts
Lovecraft Country: “I am.” – Dayna Pink
Mrs. America: “Shirley” – Bina Daigeler
Excellence in variety, reality competition, live television
Hamilton – Paul Tazewell (WENNER)
Dancing with the Stars: “Villains Night” – Daniela Gschwendtner and Steven Norman Lee
The Masked Dancer: “Premiere – Everybody Mask Now!” – Gabrielle Letamendi & Candice Rainwater
The Masked Singer: “The Semi Finals – The Super Six” – Marina Toybina
Saturday Night Live: “John Mulaney / The Strokes” – Tom Broecker and Eric Justian
Excellence in short form design
Apple: Shot on iPhone by Damien Chazelle – Vertical Cinema “The Stunt Double” Short Film – April Napier (WINNER)
The Killers: ‘Caution’ music video – Samantha Kuester
Selena Gomez: “Boyfriend” Music Video – Dawn Ritz & Kenn Law
Tim Burton themed Halloween short film – Dawn Ritz
The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights” Music Video – Ami Goodheart