Tony Award for Best Costume Design

1950

- Aline Bernstein – Regina

1951

- Miles White – Bless You All

1952

- Irene Sharaff – The King and I

1953

- Miles White – Hazel Flagg

1954

- Richard Whorf – Ondine

1955

- Cecil Beaton – Quadrille

1956

- Alvin Colt – Pipe Dream

• Mainbocher – The Great Sebastians
• Alvin Colt – The Lark / Phoenix '55 / Pipe Dream
• Helene Pons – The Diary of Anne Frank / Heavenly Twins / A View from the Bridge

1957

- Cecil Beaton – My Fair Lady

• Cecil Beaton – Little Glass Clock / My Fair Lady
• Alvin Colt – Li'l Abner / The Sleeping Prince
• Dorothy Jeakins – Major Barbara / Too Late the Phalarope
• Irene Sharaff – Candide / Happy Hunting / Shangri La / Small War on Murray Hill

1958

- Motley Theatre Design Group – The First Gentleman

• Lucinda Ballard – Orpheus Descending
• Motley Theatre Design Group – Look Back in Anger / Look Homeward, Angel / Shinbone Alley / The Country Wife / The First Gentleman
• Irene Sharaff – West Side Story
• Miles White – Jamaica / Time Remembered / Oh, Captain!

1959

- Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Redhead

• Castillo – Goldilocks
• Dorothy Jenkins – The World of Suzie Wong
• Oliver Messel – Rashomon
• Irene Sharaff – Flower Drum Song

1960

- Cecil Beaton – Saratoga

• Alvin Colt – Greenwillow
• Raoul Penè Du Bois – Gypsy: A Musical Fable
• Miles White – Take Me Along

1961

see Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical

1962

- Lucinda Ballard – The Gay Life

• Donald Brooks – No Strings
• Motley Theatre Design Group – Kwamina
• Miles White – Milk and Honey

1963

- Anthony Powell – The School for Scandal

• Marcel Escoffier – The Lady of the Camellias
• Robert Fletcher – Little Me
• Motley Theatre Design Group – Mother Courage and Her Children

1964

- Freddy Wittop – Hello, Dolly!

• Irene Sharaff – The Girl Who Came to Supper
• Beni Montresor – Marco Millions
• Rouben Ter-Arutunian – Arturo Ui

1965

- Patricia Zipprodt – Fiddler on the Roof

• Jane Greenwood – Tartuffe
• Motley Theatre Design Group – Baker Street
• Freddy Wittop – The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd

1966

- Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss – Marat/Sade

• Loudon Sainthill – The Right Honourable Gentleman
• Howard Bay / Patton Campbell – Man of La Mancha
• Irene Sharaff – Sweet Charity

1967

- Patricia Zipprodt – Cabaret

• Nancy Potts – The Wild Duck / The School for Scandal
• Tony Walton – The Apple Tree
• Freddy Wittop – I Do! I Do!

1968

- Desmond Heeley – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

• Jane Greenwood – More Stately Mansions
• Irene Sharaff – Hallelujah, Baby!
• Freddy Wittop – The Happy Time

1969

- Loudon Sainthill – Canterbury Tales

• Michael Annals – Morning, Noon and Night
• Robert Fletcher – Hadrian VII
• Patricia Zipprodt – Zorba the Greek

1970

- Cecil Beaton – Coco

• Ray Aghayan – Applause
• W. Robert Lavine – Jimmy
• Freddy Wittop – A Patriot for Me

1971

- Raoul Pene Du Bois – No, No, Nanette

• Jane Greenwood – Hay Fever / Les Blancs
• Freddy Wittop – Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen

1972

- Florence Klotz – Follies

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Two Gentlemen of Verona
• Randy Barcelo – Jesus Christ Superstar
• Carrie F. Robbins – Grease

1973

- Florence Klotz – A Little Night Music

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Much Ado About Nothing
• Miles White – Tricks
• Patricia Zipprodt – Pippin

1974

- Franne Lee – Candide (operetta)

• Theoni V. Aldredge – The Au Pair Man
• Finlay James – Crown Matrimonial
• Oliver Messel – Gigi
• Carrie F. Robbins – Over Here!

1975

- Geoffrey Holder – The Wiz

• Arthur Boccia – Where's Charley?
• Raoul Penè Du Bois – Doctor Jazz
• Willa Kim – Goodtime Charley
• Tanya Moiseiwitsch – The Misanthrope
• Patricia Zipprodt – Mack and Mabel

1976

- Florence Klotz – Pacific Overtures

• Theoni V. Aldredge – A Chorus Line
• Ann Roth – The Royal Family
• Patricia Zipprodt – Chicago

1977

- Theoni V. Aldredge – Annie;

- Santo Loquasto – The Cherry Orchard

• Theoni V. Aldredge – The Threepenny Opera
• Nancy Potts – Porgy and Bess

1978

- Edward Gorey – Dracula

• Halston – The Act
• Geoffrey Holder – Timbuktu!
• Willa Kim – Dancin'

1979

- Franne Lee – Sweeney Todd

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Ballroom
• Ann Roth – The Crucifer of Blood
• Julie Weiss – The Elephant Man

1980

- Theoni V. Aldredge – Barnum

• Pierre Balmain – Happy New Year
• Timothy O'Brien / Tazeena Firth – Evita
• Raoul Penè Du Bois – Sugar Babies

1981

- Willa Kim – Sophisticated Ladies

• Theoni V. Aldredge – 42nd Street
• John Bury – Amadeus
• Franca Squarciapino – Can-Can

1982

- William Ivey Long – Nine

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Dreamgirls
• Jane Greenwood – Medea
• John Napier – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1983

- John Napier – Cats

• Lindy Hemming – All's Well That Ends Well
• Rita Ryack – My One and Only
• Patricia Zipprodt – Alice in Wonderland

1984

- Theoni V. Aldredge – La Cage aux Folles

• Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
• Anthea Sylbert – The Real Thing
• Patricia Zipprodt / Ann Hould-Ward – Sunday in the Park with George

1985

- Florence Klotz – Grind

• Patricia McGourty – Big River
• Alexander Reid – Cyrano de Bergerac
• Alexander Reid – Much Ado About Nothing

1986

- Patricia Zipprodt – Sweet Charity

• Willa Kim – Song and Dance
• Beni Montresor – The Marriage of Figaro
• Ann Roth – The House of Blue Leaves

1987

- John Napier – Starlight Express

• Bob Crowley – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Ann Curtis – Me and My Girl
• Andreane Neofitou – Les Misérables

1988

- Maria Björnson – The Phantom of the Opera

• Ann Hould-Ward – Into the Woods
• Eiko Ishioka – M. Butterfly
• Tony Walton – Anything Goes

1989

- Claudio Segovio / Hector Orezzoli – Black and Blue

• Jane Greenwood – Our Town
• Willa Kim – Legs Diamond
• William Ivey Long – Lend Me a Tenor

1990

- Santo Loquasto – Grand Hotel

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Gypsy: A Musical Fable
• Florence Klotz – City of Angels
• Erin Quigley – The Grapes of Wrath

1991

- Willa Kim – The Will Rogers Follies

• Theoni V. Aldredge – The Secret Garden
• Judy Dearing – Once on This Island
• Patricia Zipprodt – Shogun: The Musical

1992

- William Ivey Long – Crazy for You

• Jane Greenwood – Two Shakespearean Actors
• Toni-Leslie James – Jelly's Last Jam
• Joe Vanek – Dancing at Lughnasa

1993

- Florence Klotz – Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Jane Greenwood – The Sisters Rosensweig
• Erin Quigley – The Song of Jacob Zulu
• David C. Woolard – The Who's Tommy

1994

- Ann Hould-Ward – Beauty and the Beast

• David Charles / Jane Greenwood – She Loves Me
• Jane Greenwood – Passion
• Yan Tax – Cyrano: The Musical

1995

- Florence Klotz – Show Boat

• Jane Greenwood – The Heiress
• Stephen Brimson Lewis – Indiscretions
• Anthony Powell – Sunset Boulevard

1996

- Roger Kirk – The King and I

• Jane Greenwood – A Delicate Balance
• Allison Reeds – Buried Child
• Paul Tazewell – Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

1997

- Judith Dolan – Candide

• Ann Curtis – Jekyll and Hyde
• William Ivey Long – Chicago
• Martin Pakledinaz – The Life

1998

- Julie Taymor – The Lion King

• William Ivey Long – Cabaret
• Santo Loquasto – Ragtime
• Martin Pakledinaz – Golden Child

1999

- Lez Brotherston – Swan Lake

• Santo Loquasto – Fosse
• John David Ridge – Ring Round the Moon
• Catherine Zuber – Twelfth Night

2000

- Martin Pakledinaz – Kiss Me, Kate

• Bob Crowley – Aida
• Constance Hoffman – The Green Bird
• William Ivey Long – The Music Man

2001

- William Ivey Long – The Producers

• Theoni V. Aldredge – Follies
• Roger Kirk – 42nd Street
• David C. Woolard – The Rocky Horror Show

2002

- Martin Pakledinaz – Thoroughly Modern Millie

• Jenny Beavan – Private Lives
• Susan Hilferty – Into the Woods
• Jane Greenwood – Morning's at Seven

2003

- William Ivey Long – Hairspray

• • Gregg Barnes – Flower Drum Song
• Catherine Martin / Angus Strathie – La bohème
• Catherine Zuber – Dinner at Eight

2004

- Susan Hilferty – Wicked

• Jess Goldstein – Henry IV
• Mike Nicholls / Bobby Pearce – Taboo
• Mark Thompson – Bombay Dreams

Costume Design in a Play

1961

Motley Theatre Design Group – Becket

• Theoni V. Aldredge – The Devil's Advocate
• Raymond Sovey – All the Way Home

2005

Jess Goldstein – The Rivals

• Jane Greenwood – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• William Ivey Long – A Streetcar Named Desire
• Constanza Romero – Gem of the Ocean

2006

Catherine Zuber – Awake and Sing!

• Michael Krass – The Constant Wife
• Santo Loquasto – A Touch of the Poet
• Catherine Zuber Seascape

2007

Catherine Zuber – The Coast of Utopia

• Jane Greenwood – Heartbreak House
• Santo Loquasto – Inherit the Wind
• Ti Green / Melly Still – Coram Boy

2008

Katrina Lindsay - Les Liaisons Dangereuses

• Gregory Gale - Cyrano de Bergerac
• Rob Howell - Boeing Boeing
• Peter McKintosh - The 39 Steps

2009

Anthony Ward - Mary Stuart

• Dale Ferguson - Exit the King
• Jane Greenwood - Waiting for Godot
• Martin Pakledinaz - Blithe Spirit

Costume Design in a Musical

1961

Adrian / Tony Duquette – Camelot

• Rolf Gerard – Irma La Douce
• Cecil Beaton – Tenderloin

2005

Catherine Zuber – The Light in the Piazza

• Tim Hatley – Monty Python's Spamalot
• Junko Kushino – Pacific Overtures
• William Ivey Long – La Cage aux Folles

2006

Gregg Barnes – The Drowsy Chaperone

• Susan Hilferty – Lestat
• Martin Pakledinaz – The Pajama Game
• Paul Tazewell – The Color Purple

2007

William Ivey Long – Grey Gardens

• Bob Crowley – Mary Poppins
• Susan Hilferty – Spring Awakening
• Gregg Barnes – Legally Blonde: The Musical

2008

Catherine Zuber - South Pacific

• David Farley - Sunday in the Park with George
• Martin Pakledinaz - Gypsy
• Paul Tazewell - In the Heights

2009

Tim Hatley - Shrek the Musical

• Gregory Gale - Rock of Ages
• Nicky Gillibrand - Billy Elliot the Musical
• Michael McDonald - Hair