Jane Robinson (costume designer)

Jane Robinson
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1972–present

Jane Robinson is a British costume designer. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Craft Award and three Emmy Awards, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award.

Jane Robinson was born in Manchester and studied at Manchester College of Art, and later in Los Angeles. Early in her career, Robinson worked in London fashion houses before starting work in costume in 1968. She joined Thames TV as a costume designer and in 1974 was nominated for an Emmy award for Lady Randolph Churchill. ^[1]

Robinson's costumes for Brideshead Revisited (1981), a miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, was also nominated for an Emmy award, and won a BAFTA for costume design. Recent critics have summarised the costume approach as "not ... extravagant and flashy. Instead, the look is comfortable old-money elegance". ^[2] The series was produced with great attention to period detail and accuracy. The New York Times reported that "Miss Robinson was free to ply her trade with relatively few restraints - to research the fashion of the day, making choices that would help express character, while enhancing the look of each sequence". This included details like using an old school tie as a belt for 'oxford bags', and dressing shipboard scenes in shades of blue and grey. ^[3]

In 2025, fashion magazine Harpers Bazaar listed Brideshead Revisited as one of "the best period dramas of all time". ^[4]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	1988	Best Costume Design	A Handful of Dust	Nominated	[5]
British Academy Television Craft Awards	1975	Best Design	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill	Nominated	[6]
	1982	Best Costume Design	Brideshead Revisited	Won	[7]
Primetime Emmy Awards	1976	Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Episode: "Recovery")	Won	[8]
	1982		Brideshead Revisited (Episode: "Home and Abroad")	Nominated
	1987	Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special	Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (Episode: "Part 1")	Won
	1988		Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	Won
	1993		Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris	Nominated

References

1. "Promoting dramatic and fine arts, poetry, and media". www.waalm.com. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
2. Bass, Trystan L. (29 September 2022). "TBT: Brideshead Revisited (1981)". Frock Flicks. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
3. Bethany, Marilyn (4 April 1982). "Fashion Design; WHEN THE MOOD STRIKES". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 8 April 2025.
4. "The best period dramas of all time". Harper's BAZAAR. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
5. "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). 5 October 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
6. "The 21st British Academy Television Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
7. "The 28th British Academy Television Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners". British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
8. "Jane Robinson". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved 21 July 2023.

External links

• Jane Robinson at IMDb