1998 Academy Awards

1998 Academy Award for Costume Design
Winner: Sandy Powell for Shakespeare in Love

The nominees:

Colleen Atwood for Beloved

Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth

Judianna Makovsky for Pleasantville

Sandy Powell for Shakespeare in Love

Sandy Powell for Velvet Goldmine

Read the on-line version of Time Magazine's February 22nd article on Sandy Powell, Designing Woman, which showcases the designer's work on Shakespeare in Love and Velvet Goldmine.

Anyone in the Los Angeles area should be sure to visit FIDM's 7th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit, which runs through mid-April. Costumes from all five Oscar-nominated films, as well as other 1998 releases including The Mask of Zorro, Ever After, The Man in the Iron Mask, and (!) Babe: Pig in the City, are featured. Check out their fabulous web site for the exhibit, with lots of photos!

FIDM Exhibit Review

You too can own one of those fabulous (or bizarre) gowns seen at the Oscar ceremonies! AMPAS has teamed up with Vogue and Christie's auction house to sell 54 of the more famous gowns from previous Academy Awards ceremonies, from an Edith Head-designed violet ball gown for Elizabeth Taylor to the frock made of American Express cards designed and worn by Lizzie Gardiner to accept her statuette for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (that's the one I want!). Some of the gowns are on display at Christie's and Barneys New York in Beverly Hills, and a catalogue for the March 18th auction is available from Christie's.

Last year: 70th Annual Academy Awards

Includes the list of nominees for Costume Design (the most important Oscar!), an overview of the nominated designs and review of the costumes in the FIDM exhibit, plus the dish on best and worst dressed at the Oscar ceremony.

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