April Foolish Predictions #6: Costume Design
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:39AM
NATHANIEL R in Alexandra Byrne, Arianne Phillips, Costume Design, Deborah Cook, Downton Abbey, Jacqueline Durran, Julian Day, Kym Barrett, Mayes C Rubeo, Michael Wilkinson, Oscars (19), The Hustle

Our annual April Foolish Oscar Predictions continue

Can "Aladdin" repeat "Beauty & The Beast"'s success in Costume Design? And can we ever forgive Michael Wilkinson for making Aladdin wear a shirt for the whole movie?

The last few years of the Costume Design category have been very Powell/Atwood heavy as Oscar's two design queens have either won again (Atwood in 2016) or been double-nominated twice-over (Powell in 2015 and 2018) but it looks like we'll be taking a wee break from those much honored artists this year. Will there be any room room for first-time nominees (Paul Tazewell, Mayes C Rubeo, Julian Day, Daniel Orlandi?) or will we get mostly costuming regulars who could continue to march to Atwood and Powell-like status (Jacqueline Durran, Albert Wolsky, Consolata Boyle, Alexandra Byrne?)

Here's the chart (and the prediction index if you haven't been playing along). But after the jump some images to whet your appetite for the year in costuming to come...

The Aeronauts... costumes by Alexandra Byrne

Little Women ... costumes by Oscar favourite Jacqueline DurranJoJo Rabbit ... costumes by Mayes C Rubeo, who is very underrated. She worked with Taika on Thor: Ragnarok, too

Dolemite Is My Name... Ruth E Carter hot off her Oscar in for Black Panther (but it's a Netflix title and they have so many this year... which will they give a theatrical push to?
Can Arianne Phillips break the curse that no Tarantino picture has ever been nominated for Costume Design?Julian Day has yet to be nominated despite fine work in the past. Can those mad Elton John costumes do the trick in Rocketman?Pain & Glory ... costumes by Paolo Torres, graduating to lead costuming after working as an assistant or supervisor on Volver and Bad EducationPersonal History of David Copperfield ... costumes by Cristina Casali and probably 100 milliners!We make this same face when we think about revisiting Downton Abbey on the big screen... costumes by Anna Mary Scott Robbins

Emma Fryer's costumes for The Hustle look really fun... sadly Oscar almost never notices contemporary work. The Goldfinch... costumes by Kasia Walicka Maimone

And already screened and costumes enjoyed very much thank you...

Missing Link... costumes by Deborah Cook who works wonders in miniature (INTERVIEW COMING SOON)Us... costumes by the inspired Kym Barrett

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