The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Costume Design for Television Series was awarded for the first time in 2000, honoring 1999 television. While it did honor period costumes, it also honored fantasy television, and the award was titled Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television Series. Those two genres were separated into their own awards categories in 2016, resulting in the current award designation.
Excellence in Period/Fantasy for Television
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 [1] | Annie | Shay Cunliffe | ABC |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Hope Hanafin | HBO | |
| The Magnificent Seven | Dan Moore | CBS | |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End | Van Broughton Ramsey | ||
| That '70s Show | Melina Root | Fox |
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [12] | Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn, Lisa Padovani | HBO |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| The Tudors | Joan Bergin | Showtime | |
| 2011 [13] | Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn, Lisa Padovani | HBO |
| The Borgias | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO | |
| Once Upon a Time | Eduardo Castro | ABC | |
| Pan Am | Ane Crabtree | ||
| 2012 [14] | Downton Abbey | Caroline McCall | PBS |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn, Lisa Padovani | HBO | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | ||
| 2013 [15] | Downton Abbey | Caroline McCall | PBS |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn, Lisa Padovani | HBO | |
| The Borgias | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO | |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| 2014 [16] | Game of Thrones | Michele Clapton | HBO |
| Boardwalk Empire | John Dunn | HBO | |
| The Knick | Ellen Mirojnick | Cinemax | |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant | AMC | |
| Masters of Sex | Ane Crabtree | Showtime | |
Excellence in Period Television
| Year | Series | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 [17] | The Knick | Ellen Mirojnick | Cinemax |
| Mad Men | Janie Bryant, Tiffany White Stanton | AMC | |
| Masters of Sex | Isis Mussenden | Showtime | |
| Outlander | Terry Dresbach | Starz | |
| Penny Dreadful | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| 2016 [18] | The Crown | Michele Clapton | Netflix |
| Penny Dreadful | Gabriella Pescucci | Showtime | |
| Stranger Things | Kimberly Adams-Galligan, Malgosia Turzanska | Netflix | |
| Westworld | Ane Crabtree (Series) | HBO | |
| Trish Summerville ("The Original") | |||
| 2017 [19] | The Crown | Jane Petrie | Netflix |
| Feud: Bette and Joan | Lou Eyrich | FX | |
| GLOW | Beth Morgan | Netflix | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Donna Zakowska | Amazon | |
| Stranger Things | Kim Wilcox | Netflix | |
| 2018 [20] | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Donna Zakowska | Amazon |
| The Alienist | Michael Kaplan | TNT | |
| GLOW | Beth Morgan | Netflix | |
| The Man in the High Castle | Catherine Adair | Amazon | |
| Outlander | Nina Ayres, Terry Dresbach | Starz | |
| Year | Series | Episode | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 [21] | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "It's Comedy or Cabbage" | Donna Zakowska | Amazon |
| Chernobyl | "Please Remain Calm" | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | HBO | |
| The Crown | "Cri de Coeur" | Amy Roberts | Netflix | |
| Fosse/Verdon | "Life Is a Cabaret" | Melissa Toth & Joseph La Corte | FX | |
| GLOW | "Freaky Tuesday" | Beth Morgan | Netflix |
| Year | Series | Episode(s) | Costume Designer(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [22] | The Queen's Gambit | "End Game" | Gabriele Binder | Netflix |
| Bridgerton | "Diamond of the First Water" | Ellen Mirojnick & John W. Glaser III | Netflix | |
| The Crown | "Terra Nullius" | Amy Roberts | ||
| Lovecraft Country | "I Am. | Dayna Pink | HBO | |
| Mrs. America | "Shirley" | Bina Daigeler | FX | |
| 2021 [23] | The Great | "Seven Day" | Sharon Long | Hulu |
| Halston | "Becoming Halston" | Jeriana San Juan | Netflix | |
| The Underground Railroad | "Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn" | Caroline Eselin-Schaefer | Amazon | |
| WandaVision | "Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience" | Mayes C. Rubeo | Disney+ | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | "Wellness Center" | Laura Montgomery | FX | |
| 2022 [24] | Bridgerton | "The Choice" | Sophie Canale | Netflix |
| The Crown | "Ipatiev House" | Amy Roberts | ||
| The Gilded Age | "Let the Tournament Begin" | Kasia Walicka-Maimone | HBO | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Maisel vs. Lennon: The Cut Contest" | Donna Zakowska | Prime Video | |
| Pam & Tommy | "I Love You, Tommy" | Kameron Lennox | Hulu | |
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