1952's Oscar in Costume Design Winners

The 1952 Academy Awards ceremony was held March 19, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. Oscars were given in recognition of outstanding efforts in films premiering in 1952.

It was simultaneously broadcast from the NBC International Theatre in New York City. The 25th Academy Awards was the first ceremony to be televised.

Bob Hope hosted the ceremony in Hollywood with Fredric March hosting in New York. The star-studded cast of presenters included Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Loretta Young, Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, and John Wayne.

The nominees for Best Costume Designs for films from 1952 are listed below with the winners shown in bold.


BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN BLACK AND WHITE
The Bad and the Beautiful – Helen Rose
Affair in Trinidad – Jean Louis
Carrie – Edith Head
My Cousin Rachel – Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins
Sudden Fear – Sheila O'Brien


Helen Rose 1952 Academy Award Winning Costume Design Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful
Helen Rose 1952 Academy Award Winning Costume Design
Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful

BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN COLOR
Moulin Rouge – Marcel Vertes
The Greatest Show on Earth – Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White
The Merry Widow – Helen Rose and Gile Steele
With a Song in My Heart – Charles LeMaire


Zsa Zsa Gabor in Elsa Schiaparelli costume in collaboration with Marcel Vertes for 1952's Moulin Rouge
Zsa Zsa Gabor in Elsa Schiaparelli costume in collaboration
with Marcel Vertes for 1952's Moulin Rouge
Vertes is credited as the film's Costume Designer
Schiaparelli designed for Ms Gabor

A complete list of 1952's Academy Award winners can be seen on our sister page Fifties Hollywood Glamour

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