1955's Best Costume Design Winners

The 1955 Academy Awards were held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 21, 1956. Jerry Lewis hosted the Hollywood ceremonies awarding Oscars for the top film making efforts in the year 1955. Claudette Colbert and Joseph Mankiewicz co-hosted the television broadcast in New York City.

Among the A-list celebrities presenting awards were Grace Kelly, Peggy Lee, Audrey Hepburn, and James Cagney. Performers included Harry Belafonte, Jerry Lewis, Eddie Fisher, and Dean Martin.

1955 Academy Awards in Costume Design
Winners are listed in bold

Best Costume Design - Black and White
I'll Cry Tomorrow – Helen Rose
The Pickwick Papers – Beatrice Dawson
Queen Bee – Jean Louis
The Rose Tattoo – Edith Head
Ugetsu – Tadaoto Kainosho


Helen Rose Award Winning Design for 1955's I'll Cry Tomorrow
Helen Rose Award Winning Design for 1955's I'll Cry Tomorrow


Best Costume Design - Color
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Charles LeMaire
Interrupted Melody – Helen Rose
Guys and Dolls – Irene Sharaff
To Catch a Thief – Edith Head
The Virgin Queen – Charles LeMaire and Mary Wills


Jennifer Jones in 1955 Award Winning Costume for Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Designed by Charles LeMaire
Jennifer Jones in 1955 Award Winning Costume for
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Designed by Charles LeMaire

A complete list of 1955's Academy Award Winners can be seen on our sister page Fifties Hollywood Glamour

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