The Costume Designers Guild Awards-nominated designers share their inspirations and challenges in creating the memorable looks: “The fellows today are so muscular … we had to find more fabric.”

With the Costume Designers Guild set to announce its 2021 winners virtually at its annual awards ceremony April  13 —streaming live on Twitter — 14 nominees in the film categories discuss their most talked-about costumes, the ones that were hardest to pull off, and when it’s OK to break period  rules.

What’s one look from your nominated work that received the most attention or was the most challenging? 

LaKeith [Stanfield, as Bill O’Neal]’s trench is period-specific in the design and shape, but the length is not period-correct. But the shot we got when it’s blowing behind him makes it so worth breaking the “rules.’”

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