Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but unforgettable costume design lasts forever. 💎✨
Join us for a special CDG Movie Night screening of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, celebrating the legendary career of costume designer William Travilla and the 100th birthday of Marilyn Monroe.
Following the screening, guests are invited to a panel discussion honoring Travilla’s iconic designs and their lasting impact on fashion and film history, followed by a coffee, tea, and cake reception. 🎬
Saturday, June 6, 2026
11 AM Screening
12 PM Panel Discussion
1:20 PM Coffee, Tea & Cake Reception
📍 Fox Studios Lot
Members, check your emails for RSVP details. Space is limited!
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While we’re currently spending time in theaters watching Meryl Streep purse her lips, judge collections, and send Emilys running as Miranda Priestly, her career has given us decades of unforgettable characters brought to life through costume design. ✨
From sweeping dramas to musicals and sharp contemporary comedies, costume designers have helped shape some of Streep’s most iconic performances:
(COVER): Into the Woods — Colleen Atwood
August: Osage County — Cindy Evans
Big Little Lies — Alix Friedberg
Death Becomes Her —
Mamma Mia! — Ann Roth
Sophie’s Choice — Albert Wolsky
Which Meryl Streep character lives rent free in your head? 🎬
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The mysterious world of Widow’s Bay on Apple TV+ comes to life through richly layered costume design by CDG member Alex Bovaird. ✨
Set in a strange New England island town where curses, secrets, and unsettling events linger beneath the surface, the series uses costume to deepen the eerie atmosphere and define its unforgettable characters.
“Widow’s Bay is a place time abandoned — the costumes reflect an atmosphere that feels both familiar and impossible to name. Episode 4 belongs to Patricia and her reinvention. She’s a rich tapestry of quirks: courage gemstones, flamingo brooches, kilts, and sensible shoes. My brilliant New England team helped steep every character in the strange, salt-soaked brew of the island.”
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The latest edition of Essential Collaborator: Assistant Costume Designer shines a spotlight on the artistry, leadership, and collaboration behind the role of the ACD. ✨
In “ACD Confidential: What It Really Takes,” Whitney Galitz Berger, Tamsin Costello, Glinda Suarez, and Wyandon Lubom join moderator Ivy Thaide for a conversation about how assistant costume designers help communicate and support a costume designer’s vision across every corner of production, from the costume department to vendors and fellow creatives on set. 🎬
This edition also features an “In the Spotlight” profile on CDG member Christine Cover Ferro, whose career spans film, television, and theater, including serving as a PA for costume designer Julie Weiss and later as an ACD for Kristen Burke, Giovanna Ottobre Melton, and Shon LeBlanc. Beyond her work on productions ranging from the Academy Awards to Sleepy Hollow, Christine has also been an active force within the Guild, serving on numerous committees and as the current ACD Representative on the Executive Board.
Head to the CDG website to read the spotlight and watch the full conversation. 💫
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Introducing the next edition of Costume in Color featuring yellow. 🌼✨
A color often associated with joy, optimism, creativity, and confidence, yellow has long been used in costume design to capture bold personalities, romantic dreamers, and unforgettable cinematic style. Across film history, the color brings warmth, energy, and vibrancy to the screen in ways that immediately draw the eye.
From radiant glamour to sun soaked storytelling, these films showcase the power of yellow through costume design:
What a Way to Go! — Edith Head
Clueless — Mona May
Crimson Peak — Kate Hawley
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka — Ruth E. Carter
La La Land — Mary Zophres
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Arianne Phillips
The Green Knight — Malgosia Turzanska
Titanic — Deborah L. Scott
West Side Story — Paul Tazewell
What are some of your favorite yellow costume moments? 💛🎬
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The Traitors brought high drama and high fashion to a glamorous event in Los Angeles ✨
The Emmy winning competition series showcased a striking runway presentation of Alan Cumming’s unforgettable looks, designed by costume designer and CDG member, @samspector . Created for each episode’s missions, the costumes came together as a bold and theatrical collection that captured the spirit of the show.
“Having designed these looks to be worn solely by @alancummingreally and inspired by the missions per episode, it was truly wild to see these looks as a complete collection and embraced so generously by the fans! Thanks to all the costume builders I collaborated with and for show coordination,” shared Spector.
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On May 1, International Workers’ Day, Costume Designers Guild Local 892 joined fellow IATSE members and our Los Angeles area sisters, brothers, and kin to march in solidarity at the May Day parade. ✊
Together, we stood in support of protecting union jobs, strengthening labor standards, and continuing to advocate for the workers and communities that power our industry and ensure its future.
#MayDay #UnionStrong #IATSE #CDG892 #CostumeDesignersGuild
We’re celebrating 21 years of Mean Girls. 💕 For 21 years, the rules of the Plastics and Regina George have been living rent-free in our heads. From wearing pink on Wednesdays to Burn Book drama, Mean Girls gave us a masterclass in teen hierarchy told through costume.
Costume design by CDG member Mary Jane Fort helped define every iconic look that still influences fashion and film today, that is still...so fetch! ✨
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Recreating the world of Michael Jackson for the screen meant building an entire visual legacy from the ground up.
In a new Vanity Fair article, Michael costume designer and CDG member Marci Rodgers shares how she approached the monumental task without access to Jackson’s original archive, relying instead on deep research, historical references, and an obsessive attention to detail to capture each era authentically. ✨
“From the socks to the gloves, I mean everything… what Jaafar put on would be no different from the day that Michael Jackson put on that garment.” She continues, “I studied the research. I would literally compare not just what was in my book, but I also had old archives of Jet magazines. Any and everything that I could find at the time that might have had a clear picture of Michael and his brothers that would inform my final decision when it came to recreating all of the garments.”
Congratulations to CDG member Marci Rodgers as we were completely spellbound by the level of detail and dedication behind this work.
Read the full article in our Stories or at Vanity Fair. 🎬
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Nearly twenty years after their iconic turns, Miranda, Andy, Emily, and Nigel are back as The Devil Wears Prada 2 heads to the big screen. From the fashionable streets of New York City to the sleek offices of Runway Magazine, we are more than ready to see what’s next in costume storytelling. 👠
Congratulations to costume designer Molly Rogers, a member of our sister union Local 829, on bringing this highly anticipated sequel to life.
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In Emmy Magazine’s “Dressed to Thrill,” the worlds of Ryan Murphy are explored through the bold, defining lens of costume design, where storytelling meets spectacle and every look makes a statement. Murphy, who was honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award at the 21st CDGA, continues to champion costume design throughout his work. ✨
The feature highlights the work of not one, but four CDG members shaping these dynamic series, including Paula Bradley for All’s Fair, Rudy Mance for Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, Alayna Bell-Price for 9-1-1, and Sarah Evelyn for The Beauty. From power suiting to survival gear to futuristic couture, their designs help bring Murphy’s imaginative worlds to life.
The piece also features insight from co-executive producer and CDG member Lou Eyrich, whose longtime collaborations on projects like American Horror Story: Coven and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans continue to define the visual identity of his work.
Head to the Television Academy website to read the full article. 🎬
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A little behind the scenes magic from our recent CDG Life Drawing Session. ✏️✨
This month’s theme was “Egyptian Cat: Bastet,” featuring model Kat (@redrabbu ). The session offered dynamic poses, giving members the opportunity to sketch, study, and explore the art of the figure through illustration and costume.
Featuring artwork by
Barbra Araujo (@barbra.araujo )
Darell Fuentes (@d_alfie_ )
Karen Yan (@yankarenyan )
Jacqueline Wazir (@jacquiewazir )
Stay tuned for the next session. We can’t wait to draw with you again soon. 🎨
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