César Award for Best Costume Design

Country| France
Presented by| Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
First award| 1985
Currently held by| Thierry Delettre for The Count of Monte Cristo  (2025)
Website| academie-cinema.org

The César Award for Best Costume Design (French: César des meilleurs costumes) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1985.

## Winners and nominees

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### 1980s

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Year  | Winner and nominees  | Original title  | Costume Designer(s)

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1985
(10th) | A Love of Swann | Un amour de Swann | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Carmen | Enrico Job
Fort Saganne | Rosine Delamare and Corinne Jorry
1986
(11th) | Harem | Olga Berluti and Catherine Gorne-Achdjian
Bras de fer [fr] | Christian Dior and Elisabeth Tavernier
L'Effrontée | Jacqueline Bouchard
Rendez-vous | Christian Gasc
1987
(12th) | Pirates (nominated for the Academy Award) | Anthony Powell
Mélo | Catherine Leterrier
Thérèse | Yvette Bonnay
1988
(13th) | The Passion of Beatrice | La passion Béatrice | Jacqueline Moreau
Engagements of the Heart | De guerre lasse | Olga Berluti
Au Revoir les Enfants | Corinne Jorry
1989
(14th) | Camille Claudel | Dominique Borg
Chouans! | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Life Is a Long Quiet River | La vie est un long fleuve tranquille | Elisabeth Tavernier

### 1990s

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Year  | Winner and nominees  | Original title  | Costume designer(s)

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1990
(15th) | Valmont (nominated for the Academy Award) | Theodor Pistek
La Révolution française | Catherine Leterrier
Life and Nothing But | La vie et rien d'autre | Jacqueline Moreau
1991
(16th) | Cyrano de Bergerac (won the Academy Award) | Franca Squarciapino
Lacenaire | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
My Father's Glory
My Mother's Castle | La gloire de mon père
Le château de ma mère | Agnès Nègre
1992
(17th) | Tous les Matins du Monde | Corinne Jorry
Delicatessen | Valérie Pozzo di Borgo
Van Gogh | Édith Vesperini
1993
(18th) | The Supper | Le souper | Sylvie de Segonzac
Indochine | Pierre-Yves Gayraud and Gabriella Pescucci
The Lover | L'amant | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
1994
(19th) | Germinal | Sylvie Gautrelet, Caroline de Vivaise and Bernadette Villard
Louis, the Child King | Louis, enfant roi | Franca Squarciapino
The Visitors | Les visiteurs | Catherine Leterrier
1995
(20th) | Queen Margot
(nominated for the Academy Award) | La reine Margot | Moidele Bickel
Colonel Chabert | Le colonel Chabert | Franca Squarciapino
Farinelli | Olga Berluti and Anne de Laugardière
1996
(21st) | Madame Butterfly | Christian Gasc
The City of Lost Children | La cité des enfants perdus | Jean-Paul Gaultier
The Horseman on the Roof | Le hussard sur le toit | Franca Squarciapino
1997
(22nd) | Ridicule | Christian Gasc
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Beaumarchais, l'insolent | Sylvie de Segonzac
Captain Conan | Capitaine Conan | Agnès Evein and Jacqueline Moreau
1998
(23rd) | On Guard | Le bossu | Christian Gasc
Artemisia | Dominique Borg
The Fifth Element | Jean-Paul Gaultier
1999
(24th) | Lautrec | Pierre-Jean Larroque
Don Juan | Sylvie de Segonzac
Place Vendôme | Nathalie du Roscoat and Elisabeth Tavernier

### 2000s

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Year  | Winner and nominees  | Original title  | Costume designer(s)

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2000
(25th) | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Catherine Leterrier
Rembrandt | Eve-Marie Arnault
Time Regained | Le temps retrouvé | Gabriella Pescucci and Caroline de Vivaise
2001
(26th) | Saint-Cyr | Edith Vesperini and Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz
The King Is Dancing | Le Roi danse | Olivier Bériot
Vatel | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
2002
(27th) | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Le Pacte des loups | Dominique Borg
Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Madeline Fontaine
The Lady and the Duke | L'Anglaise et le duc | Pierre-Jean Larroque
The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers | Catherine Bouchard
2003
(28th) | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Philippe Guillotel, Tanino Liberatore and Florence Sadaune
8 Women | 8 femmes | Pascaline Chavanne
The Pianist | Anna B. Sheppard
2004
(29th) | Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche | Jackie Budin
Bon Voyage | Catherine Leterrier
Monsieur N. | Carine Sarfati
2005
(30th) | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Madeline Fontaine
Arsène Lupin | Pierre-Jean Larroque
Podium | Catherine Bouchard
2006
(31st) | Gabrielle | Caroline de Vivaise
Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | Alison Forbes-Meyler
Grey Souls | Les Âmes grises | Pascaline Chavanne
2007
(32nd) | Lady Chatterley | Marie-Claude Altot
Days of Glory | Indigènes | Michèle Richer
Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Jackie Budin
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espion | Charlotte David
The Tiger Brigades | Les Brigades du Tigre | Pierre-Jean Larroque
2008
(33rd) | La Vie en Rose
(nominated for the Academy Award) | La môme | Marit Allen
Jacquou le Croquant | Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz
Molière | Pierre-Jean Larroque
The Second Wind | Le Deuxième Souffle | Corinne Jorry
A Secret | Un secret | Jacqueline Bouchard
2009
(34th) | Séraphine | Madeline Fontaine
Female Agents | Les Femmes de l'ombre | Pierre-Jean Larroque
Paris 36 | Faubourg 36 | Carine Sarfati
Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 | Virginie Montel
Sagan | Nathalie du Roscoat

### 2010s

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Year  | Winner and nominees  | Original title  | Costume designer(s)

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2010
(35th) | Coco Before Chanel
(nominated for the Academy Award) | Coco avant Chanel | Catherine Leterrier
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Chattoune and Fab
OSS 117: Lost in Rio | OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus | Charlotte David
Micmacs à tire-larigot | Madeline Fontaine
A Prophet | Un prophète | Virginie Montel
2011
(36th) | The Princess of Montpensier | La Princesse de Montpensier | Caroline De Vivaise
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèles Blanc-Sec | Olivier Bériot
Potiche | Pascaline Chavanne
On Tour | Tournée | Alexia Crisp-Jones
Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Marielle Robaut
2012
(37th) | House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close | Anaïs Romand
My Little Princess | Catherine Baba
The Artist | Mark Bridges
The Women on the 6th Floor | Les Femmes du 6ème étage | Christian Gasc
The Source | La Source des femmes | Viorica Petrovici
2013
(38th) | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Christian Gasc
Augustine | Pascaline Chavanne
Populaire | Charlotte David
Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | Madeline Fontaine
My Way | Cloclo | Mimi Lempicka
2014
(39th) | Renoir | Pascaline Chavanne
Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! | Olivier Bériot
Michael Kohlhaas | Anina Diener
Mood Indigo | L'Écume des jours | Florence Fontaine
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Madeline Fontaine
2015
(40th) | Saint Laurent | Anaïs Romand
Beauty and the Beast |  La Belle et la Bête | Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Connection | La French | Carine Sarfati
The New Girlfriend | Une nouvelle amie | Pascaline Chavanne
Yves Saint Laurent | Madeline Fontaine
2016
(41st) | Marguerite | Pierre-Jean Larroque
Diary of a Chambermaid | Journal d'une femme de chambre | Anaïs Romand
Mustang | Selin Sözen
L'Odeur de la mandarine | Catherine Leterrier
My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Nathalie Raoul
2017
(42nd) | The Dancer | La Danseuse | Anaïs Romand
Frantz | Pascaline Chavanne
Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Alexandra Charles
From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres | Catherine Leterrier
A Woman's Life | Une vie | Madeline Fontaine
2018
(43rd) | See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Mimi Lempicka
BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Isabelle Pannetier
Barbara | Pascaline Chavanne
The Guardians | Les Gardiennes | Anaïs Romand
Promise at Dawn | La Promesse de l'aube | Catherine Bouchard
2019
(44th) | Mademoiselle de Joncquières | Pierre-Jean Larroque
The Emperor of Paris | L'Empereur de Paris | Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Sisters Brothers | Les Frères Sisters | Milena Canonero
Memoir of War | La Douleur | Sergio Ballo and Anaïs Romand
One Nation, One King | Un peuple et son roi | Anaïs Romand

### 2020s

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Year  | Winner and nominees  | Original title  | Costume designer(s)

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2020
(45th) | An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Pascaline Chavanne
La Belle Époque | Emmanuelle Youchnovski
Edmond | Thierry Delettre
Joan of Arc | Jeanne | Alexandra Charles
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Dorothée Guiraud
2021
(46th)
[1] | How to Be a Good Wife | La Bonne Épouse | Madeline Fontaine
Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Mimi Lempicka
Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Hélène Davoudian
De Gaulle | Anaïs Romand and Sergio Ballo
Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Pascaline Chavanne
2022
(47th) | Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Pierre-Jean Laroque
Aline | Catherine Leterrier
Annette | Pascaline Chavanne
Delicious | Délicieux | Madeline Fontaine
Eiffel | Thierry Delettre
2023
(48th) | Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century | Simone, le voyage du siècle | Gigi Lepage
Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Caroline de Vivaise
The Colours of Fire | Couleurs de l'incendie | Pierre-Jean Larroque
Waiting for Bojangles | En attendant Bojangles | Emmanuelle Youchnovski
The Innocent | L'Innocent | Corinne Bruand
Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Praxedes de Vilallonga

## See also

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* Academy Award for Best Costume Design
* BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design
* Magritte Award for Best Costume Design

## References

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1. ^ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.

## External links

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* Official website
* César Award for Best Costume Design at AlloCiné

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