A Gala Night of Motion Picture and Television Costume Designers
For the people who work in cinematic fashion, the 15th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards is one of the must-go-to events of the year.
It was held this year on Feb. 19 at the Beverly Hilton hotel with a star-studded lineup of presenters and honorees.
The awards ceremony, hosted by Joel McHale of NBC comedy series “Community,” featured some of the brightest stars of film and television, including Steve Martin, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Shirley MacLaine, Ginnifer Goodwin, Famke Janssen, Tate Donovan and Lily Collins, who came to honor the industry’s leading costume designers.
This year’s “Lacoste Spotlight Award” was given to Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway and presented by her “Les Misérables” co-star Russell Crowe. She dazzled the crowd in a glittery Gucci mini-dress.
Producer, writer and creator of “Saturday Night Live” Lorne Michaels received the “Distinguished Collaborator Award.” Honorary “Career Achievement Awards” were presented to three-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Judianna Makovsky (“The Hunger Games”) and five-time Emmy nominee Eduardo Castro (“Once Upon a Time”) for their outstanding work in film and television, respectively.
Among the costume designers there to celebrate their industry were Jany Temime (“Skyfall”), Colleen Atwood (“Snow White and the Huntsman”), Ruth Myers (“Hemingway & Gellhorn”) and Paco Delgado (“Les Misérables”).
“This night, every year, is really sort of the culmination of what we do; it’s a celebration of what we do. It’s easy to get bogged down in all of the little details of the everyday part of the job. But when you come here you see the fruits of our labor and it’s a great celebration,” said “Magic City” and “Horrible Bosses” costume designer Carol Ramsey.
Actress Lily Collins, who started in “Mirror Mirror,” gave a heart-warming remembrance of costume designer Eiko Ishioka, who passed away earlier this year from cancer after a defining film career that included elegant and dramatic costume designs for such films as “Dracula,” “The Cell,” “Immortals,” and “Mirror Mirror,” the latter for which she received an Oscar nomination this year.
Collins said she was paying homage to Ishioka by wearing a giant white bow on the back of her sleek black gown.
Costume designer Jany Temime, who received a CDG award for updating James Bond’s look in “Skyfall,” also won filmgoers’ attention with the black dress worn by Severine (played by actress Bérénice Marlohe) in the casino scene in the James Bond film.
The form-fitting dress features a crystal “Tattoo” design made with Swarovski crystals sewn on to very fine tulle for the arms, neckline and back.
“Tonight is a big recognition for costume designers so that people can understand our work and talk about our work,” Temime said. “Costume is essential in cinema. There is no film without costumes.”
The following costume designers were given awards for their contributions to films and television in 2012:
“Excellence in Contemporary Film” to Jany Temime for “Skyfall”
“Excellence in Period Film” to Jacqueline Durran for “Anna Karenina”
“Excellence in Fantasy Film” to Eiko Ishioka (posthumous) for “Mirror Mirror”
“Outstanding Contemporary Television Series” to Molly Maginnis for “Smash”
“Outstanding Period/Fantasy Television Series” to Caroline McCall for “Downton Abbey”
“Outstanding Made for Television, Movie or Mini Series” to Lou Eyrich for “American Horror Story: Asylum, Season 2”
“Excellence in Commercial Costume Design” to Judianna Makovsky for “Captain Morgan Black.
