Delgado Wins First-Ever Costume Designers Guild Award

Paco Delgado is this year’s period king…

The Spanish costume designer picked up his first Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film, which was handed out at the Beverly Hilton.

Paco Delgado

Delgado, who previously earned a CDG nomination in the same category for his work on Les Misérables, won the award for his work on The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo gender confirmation surgery, in 1930s Germany.

“When I start doing the research into a new subject or a new model, I always try to see as much material as possible. In this case, because they were artists, we wanted to recreate this sort of artistic mold into the clothes,” says Delgado of his work. “Yes, we definitely did base a lot of ideas—we didn’t copy things completely except the dress that Gerda is painting of a portrait of Ulla as a ballerina. It was the only dress we copied completely. The rest, we tried much more to get the feeling of the painting. What sort of feelings they had in sense of color, in terms of sensuality, in terms of what materials Gerda was depicting. And trying to get that translated into what they were wearing at the time. But I mean, much of the research was made around the designers of the period.”

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Delgado is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the same film.

Here’s the complete list of tonight’s winners:

Excellence in Fantasy Film: Mad Max: Fury Road, Jenny Beavan
Excellence in Period Film: The Danish Girl, Paco Delgado
Excellence in Contemporary Film: Beasts of No Nation, Jenny Eagan
Excellence in Short Form Design: Most Interesting Man in the World Wins on Land, Sea & Air, Dos Equis Commercial, Julie Vogel
Outstanding Fantasy Television Series: Game of Thrones, Michele Clapton
Outstanding Period Television Series: The Knick, Ellen Mirojnick
Outstanding Contemporary Television Series: American Horror Story: Hotel, Lou Eyrich

Castro to Receive CDG Career Achievement Award…

Eduardo Castro has sewn up a massive professional honor…

Eduardo Castro

The Latino costume designer will be honored with a career achievement award at next year’s Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Castro – currently the costume designer on ABC’s fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time, a job that earned him a CDG Award nomination earlier this year – has more than 30 years experience in costume design.

Once Upon a Time

Along with winning three CDG Awards for Ugly Betty, Castro also picked up an award for his work on Elvis in the Outstanding Costume Design for Television Movie/Mini-Series category back in 2006.

 

In addition, Castro’s resume includes work on the television shows Castle, Eastwick, Pepper Dennis and Judging Amy and Miami Vice.

Castro will receive his award at the 15th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards gala on February 19, 2013.

Once Upon A Time’s Castro Up For Costume Designers Guild Award

Once upon a time, Eduardo Castro scored three consecutive CDG Awards for his costuming work on Ugly Betty… And, he could be starting another winning streak for his work on this season’s hottest new show.

Eduardo Castro

The noted Latino costume designer has been nominated for the 14th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in the period/fantasy television category for his work on ABC’s Once Upon A Time.

Once Upon A Time

Castro, who has more than 30 years experience in costume design, faces stiff competition from John A. Dunn and Lisa Padovani, who won last year for Boardwalk Empire.  Other nominees include The Borgias’ Gabriella Pescucci, Game of ThronesMichele Clapton and Pan Am’s Ane Crabtree.

Along with winning three CDG Awards for Ugly Betty, Castro also won an award for his work on Elvis in the Outstanding Costume Design for Television Movie/Mini-Series category back in 2006.

The winners will be announced at the guild’s awards gala, hosted by Jane Lynch on February 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Click here to see the complete list of nominees.