1953's Best Costume Oscar Winners

The 1953 Academy Awards ceremony was held March 25, 1954 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. This marked the second national television broadcast of the awards show.

Donald O'Connor hosted the 26th Annual Academy Awards ceremonies in Los Angeles with Fredric March hosting from the NBC Century Theatre in New York City.

Stars presenting the Oscars for films premiering in the year 1953 included Elizabeth Taylor, Merle Oberon, Tyrone Power, Kirk Douglas, Irene Dunne, and Walter Brennan.

1953 ACADEMY AWARDS IN COSTUME DESIGN
Winners are shown in bold

BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN BLACK AND WHITE
Roman Holiday – Edith Head
The Actress – Walter Plunkett
Dream Wife – Helen Rose and Herschel McCoy
From Here to Eternity – Jean Louis
The President's Lady Charles LeMaire and Renie Conley


Edith Head Academy Award Winning Costume Design for Audrey Hepburn in 1953's Roman Holiday
Edith Head Academy Award Winning Costume Design for
Audrey Hepburn in 1953's Roman Holiday

BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN COLOR
The Robe –Charles LeMaire and Emile Santiago
The Band Wagon – Mary Ann Nyberg
Call Me Madam – Irene Sharaff
How to Marry a Millionaire – Charles LeMaire and William Travilla
Young Bess – Walter Plunkett


Mary Ann Nyberg Award Winning Costume Design Sketch for  Cyd Charisse in 1953's The Band Wagon
Mary Ann Nyberg Award Winning Costume Design Sketch for
Cyd Charisse in 1953's The Band Wagon

A complete list of  Oscar winners from 1953 can be seen on our sister page Fifties Hollywood Glamour

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