Costume Designers Guild to Present Awards at Upcoming Gala
The Costume Designers Guild will hold its 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 21 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.
The evening, hosted by actress Jane Lynch of television’s “Glee,” will celebrate costume design in film, television and commercials.
Costume designer Marlene Stewart will be honored with this year’s “Disaronno Career Achievement in Film Award.” Stewart has spent many years in the industry, designing for such films as “Tropic Thunder,” “21 Grams,” “True Lies” and “JFK.”
Two-time Emmy-nominated costume designer Lou Eyrich will take away this year’s “Career Achievement in Television Award.” Eyrich’s path to costume design began while touring with music artists such as The Manhattan Transfer, Prince and Bette Midler. She was later drawn into film and television, where she has spent more than two decades designing projects for TV shows such as “Running With Scissors,” “Popular” and FX’s “Nip/Tuck.” In 2010 and 2011, Eyrich received the Costume Designers Guild award for “Outstanding Contemporary TV Series” for her work on Fox TV’s hit show “Glee.”
The “Distinguished Collaborator Award” will be presented to costume designer Deborah Hopper and four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood. They have collaborated on more than 16 films over the past 20 years. Hopper has worked closely with Eastwood on films such as “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Mystic River,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Changeling,” “Gran Torino,” “Invictus,” and, most recently, “J. Edgar.”
This year’s “Lacoste Spotlight Award,” which honors an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitment to excellence, including a special awareness of the role and importance of costume design, will be presented to actress Kate Beckinsale. She has had a wide range of roles in films such as “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Emma,” “Cold Comfort Farm,” “Laurel Canyon,” “The Aviator” and “Pearl Harbor.”
Also to be honored is Western Costume, a Los Angeles costume supplier that is celebrating its 100th anniversary in business. It has been around since the silent-movie era.
The Costume Designers Guild was founded in 1953 by 30 motion picture costume designers and was created in response to the changing needs of the movie industry.
Today, its membership totals more than 750 people and includes motion picture, television and commercial costume designers, assistant costume designers and illustrators throughout the world.—Deborah Belgum
