Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes
Awarded for	Outstanding Period Costumes
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2015
Currently held by	The Queen's Gambit (2021)
Website	emmys.com

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes is presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2015, categories for period/fantasy and contemporary costumes were created. The categories were divided in 2018 for period and fantasy/sci-fi costumes.^[1] They replaced the retired categories for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

Rules require that nominations are distributed proportionally among regular series and limited series/movies, based on the number of submissions of each. For instance, if two-fifths of submissions are limited series/movies then two of the five nominees will be limited series/movies.^[2]

Winners and nominations[]

2010s[]

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2015 ^[3]	Outstanding Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series or Movie
	American Horror Story: Freak Show	"Monsters Among Us"	Lou Eyrich, Elizabeth Macey, Ken Van Duyne	FX
	Boardwalk Empire	"Golden Days for Boys and Girls"	John Dunn, Maria Zamansky, James Hammer, Joseph La Corte	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"A Moorland Holiday"	Anna Robbins, Michael Weldon, Kathryn Tart	PBS
	Game of Thrones	"The Dance of Dragons"	Michele Clapton, Alex Fordham, Nina Ayres, Sheena Wichary	HBO
	Wolf Hall	"Anna Regina"	Joanna Eatwell, T. K. Lang, Clare Vyse	PBS
2016 ^[4]	Game of Thrones	"The Winds of Winter"	Michele Clapton, Chloe Aubry, Sheena Wichary	HBO
	Downton Abbey	"Episode Eight"	Anna Mary Scott Robbins, Kathryn Tart, Michael Weldon	PBS
	Outlander	"Not in Scotland Anymore"	Terry Dresbach, Elle Wilson, Nadine Powell, Anna Lau	Starz
	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"	Hala Bahmet, Marina Ray, Elinor Bardach	FX
	Roots	"Night One"	Ruth E. Carter, Diana Cilliers, Megan "Bijou" Coates, Hetta Burger, Meagan McLaughlin Luster, Gillian Gregg	History
2017 ^[5]
	The Crown	"Wolferton Splash"	Michele Clapton, Alex Fordham, Emma O'Loughlin, Kate O'Farrell	Netflix
	Feud: Bette and Joan	"And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"	Lou Eyrich, Hannah Jacobs, Katie Saunders	FX
	Genius	"Einstein: Chapter Seven"	Sonu Mishra, Martina Hejlova, Petia Krckova	Nat Geo
	The Handmaid's Tale	"Offred"	Ane Crabtree, Sheena Wichary	Hulu
	Westworld	"The Original"	Trish Summerville, Jo Kissack Folsom, Lynda Foote	HBO
2018 ^[6]	Outstanding Period Costumes
	The Crown	"Dear Mrs. Kennedy"	Jane Petrie, Emily Newby, Basia Kuznar, Gaby Spanswick	Netflix
	The Alienist	"A Fruitful Partnership"	Michael Kaplan, Rudy Mance, Beáta Merkovits, Andrew Hunt	TNT
	Genius: Picasso	"Chapter One"	Sonu Mishra, Eudald Magari, Balazs Labancz	Nat Geo
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti, Ginnie Patton, Sheila Grover	Amazon
	Outlander	"Freedom & Whisky"	Terry Dresbach, Nadine Powell, Anna Lau	Starz
2019 ^[7]
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"We're Going to the Catskills!"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti, Tim McKelvey	Amazon
	Chernobyl	"Please Remain Calm"	Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Daiva Petrulyte, Holly McLean, Anna Munro, Sylvie Org	HBO
	Fosse/Verdon	"Life Is a Cabaret"	Melissa Toth, Joseph La Corte, Catherine Crabtree, Isabelle Simone, Kristin Isola, Virginia Patton	FX
	GLOW	"Every Potato Has a Receipt"	Beth Morgan, Alexandra Casey, Sharon Taylor Sampson	Netflix
	Pose	"Pilot"	Lou Eyrich, Analucia Mcgorty, Amy Ritchings, Kevin Ritter	FX

2020s[]

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2020 ^[8]
	The Crown	"Cri de Coeur"	Amy Roberts, Sidonie Roberts, Sarah Moore	Netflix
	Hollywood	"A Hollywood Ending"	Lou Eyrich, Sarah Evelyn, Tiger Curran, Suzy Freeman	Netflix
	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	"It's Comedy or Cabbage"	Donna Zakowska, Marina Reti, Sheila Grover, Ginnie Patton	Amazon
	Mrs. America	"Shirley"	Bina Daigeler, Erin Byrne, Bettina Seifert, Erika Larner, Mila Hermanovski, Eileen Kennedy	FX
	Pose	"Acting Up"	Analucia McGorty, Nicky Smith, Alexa DeFazio, Linda Giammarese	FX
2021 ^[9]
	The Queen's Gambit	"End Game"	Gabriele Binder, Gina Krauss, Katrin Hoffmann, Nanrose Buchmann, Sparka Lee Hall	Netflix
	Bridgerton	"Diamond of the First Water"	Ellen Mirojnick, John W. Glaser III, Sanaz Missaghian, Kenny Crouch	Netflix
	The Crown	"Terra Nullius"	Amy Roberts, Sidonie Roberts, Giles Gale
	Halston	"Versailles"	Jeriana San Juan, Catherine Crabtree, Cailey Breneman, Anne Newton-Harding
	Ratched	"Pilot"	Lou Eyrich, Rebecca Guzzi, Allison Agler, Betsy Glick

Programs with multiple wins[]

3 wins

The Crown

Programs with multiple nominations[]

Totals include nominees for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

6 nominations

Downton Abbey

5 nominations

Boardwalk Empire
Mad Men

4 nominations

The Crown
Remember WENN
That '70s Show
The Tudors

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes[]

^ Total includes Pose’s nomination for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.

References[]

^ Petski, Denise (December 12, 2017). "TV Academy Reclassifies Variety Special Emmy Categories; Splits Some Costume, Directing & Sound Editing Fields". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
^ "69th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2016–2017 Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

[10] Total includes Pose’s nomination for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.

[1] Petski, Denise (December 12, 2017). "TV Academy Reclassifies Variety Special Emmy Categories; Splits Some Costume, Directing & Sound Editing Fields". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 12, 2017.

[2] "69th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2016–2017 Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

[3] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[4] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2016.

[5] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[6] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

[7] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[8] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2020.

[9] "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

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v t Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Competition Program Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Animated Program Short Form Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Programming
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Contemporary Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period and/or Character Hairstyling
Interactive Media	Interactive Program Original Interactive Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within an Unscripted Program
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Contemporary Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program (Non-Prosthetic) Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Music Composition for a Series Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special
Title Design	Main Title Design
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance