| César Award for Best Costume Design | |
| Presenter: | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Holder: | Pierre-Jean Laroque for Lost Illusions (2022) |
The César Award for Best Costume Design (French: César des meilleurs costumes) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1985.
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Costume Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 (10th) | A Love of Swann | Un amour de Swann | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle |
| Carmen | |||
| Fort Saganne | Rosine Delamare and Corinne Jorry | ||
| 1986 (11th) | Harem | ||
| Christian Dior and Elisabeth Tavernier | |||
| L'Effrontée | Jacqueline Bouchard | ||
| Rendez-vous | Christian Gasc | ||
| 1987 (12th) | Pirates (nominated for the Academy Award) | Anthony Powell | |
| Mélo | |||
| Thérèse | Yvette Bonnay | ||
| 1988 (13th) | The Passion of Beatrice | La passion Béatrice | Jacqueline Moreau |
| Engagements of the Heart | De guerre lasse | Olga Berluti | |
| Au Revoir les Enfants | Corinne Jorry | ||
| 1989 (14th) | Camille Claudel | Dominique Borg | |
| Chouans! | |||
| Life Is a Long Quiet River | La vie est un long fleuve tranquille | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Costume designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (15th) | Valmont (nominated for the Academy Award) | Theodor Pistek | |
| La Révolution française | Catherine Leterrier | ||
| for the segments "Les années lumières" and "Les années terribles" | |||
| Life and Nothing But | La vie et rien d'autre | ||
| 1991 (16th) | Cyrano de Bergerac (won the Academy Award) | Franca Squarciapino | |
| Lacenaire | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle | ||
| My Father's Glory My Mother's Castle | La gloire de mon père Le château de ma mère | Agnès Nègre | |
| 1992 (17th) | Tous les Matins du Monde | Corinne Jorry | |
| Delicatessen | Valérie Pozzo di Borgo | ||
| Van Gogh | Édith Vesperini | ||
| 1993 (18th) | The Supper | Le souper | |
| Indochine | Pierre-Yves Gayraud and Gabriella Pescucci | ||
| The Lover | L'amant | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle | |
| 1994 (19th) | Germinal | Moidele Bickel, Sylvie Gautrelet and Caroline de Vivaise | |
| Louis, the Child King | Louis, enfant roi | Franca Squarciapino | |
| The Visitors | Les visiteurs | Catherine Leterrier | |
| 1995 (20th) | Queen Margot (nominated for the Academy Award) | La reine Margot | Moidele Bickel |
| Colonel Chabert | Le colonel Chabert | Franca Squarciapino | |
| Farinelli | |||
| 1996 (21st) | Madame Butterfly | Christian Gasc | |
| The City of Lost Children | La cité des enfants perdus | ||
| The Horseman on the Roof | Le hussard sur le toit | Franca Squarciapino | |
| 1997 (22nd) | Ridicule | Christian Gasc | |
| Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Beaumarchais, l'insolent | ||
| Captain Conan | Capitaine Conan | Agnès Evein and Jacqueline Moreau | |
| 1998 (23rd) | On Guard | Le bossu | Christian Gasc |
| Artemisia | Dominique Borg | ||
| The Fifth Element | Jean-Paul Gaultier | ||
| 1999 (24th) | Lautrec | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| Don Juan | Sylvie de Segonzac | ||
| Place Vendôme | Nathalie du Roscoat and Elisabeth Tavernier | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Costume designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (25th) | Catherine Leterrier | ||
| Rembrandt | Eve-Marie Arnault | ||
| Time Regained | Le temps retrouvé | Gabriella Pescucci and Caroline de Vivaise | |
| 2001 (26th) | Saint-Cyr | Edith Vesperini and Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz | |
| The King Is Dancing | Le Roi danse | Olivier Bériot | |
| Vatel | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle | ||
| 2002 (27th) | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Le Pacte des loups | Dominique Borg |
| Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain | Madeline Fontaine | |
| The Lady and the Duke | L'Anglaise et le duc | ||
| The Officers' Ward | La Chambre des officiers | Catherine Bouchard | |
| 2003 (28th) | Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Philippe Guillotel, Tanino Liberatore and Florence Sadaune | |
| 8 Women | 8 femmes | Pascaline Chavanne | |
| The Pianist | Anna B. Sheppard | ||
| 2004 (29th) | Not on the Lips | Pas sur la bouche | Jackie Budin |
| Bon Voyage | Catherine Leterrier | ||
| Monsieur N. | |||
| 2005 (30th) | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Madeline Fontaine |
| Arsène Lupin | |||
| Podium | Catherine Bouchard | ||
| 2006 (31st) | Gabrielle | ||
| Merry Christmas | Joyeux Noël | ||
| Grey Souls | Les Âmes grises | ||
| 2007 (32nd) | Lady Chatterley | Marie-Claude Altot | |
| Days of Glory | Indigènes | Michèle Richer | |
| Private Fears in Public Places | Cœurs | Jackie Budin | |
| OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espion | Charlotte David | ||
| The Tiger Brigades | Les Brigades du Tigre | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| 2008 (33rd) | La Vie en Rose (nominated for the Academy Award) | La môme | Marit Allen |
| Jacquou le Croquant | |||
| Molière | |||
| The Second Wind | Le Deuxième Souffle | ||
| A Secret | Un secret | ||
| 2009 (34th) | Séraphine | ||
| Female Agents | Les Femmes de l'ombre | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| Paris 36 | Faubourg 36 | ||
| Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 | L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 | Virginie Montel | |
| Sagan | Nathalie du Roscoat | ||
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Costume designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (35th) | Coco Before Chanel (nominated for the Academy Award) | Coco avant Chanel | Catherine Leterrier |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Chattoune and Fab | ||
| OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus | |||
| Micmacs à tire-larigot | Madeline Fontaine | ||
| A Prophet | Un prophète | Virginie Montel | |
| 2011 (36th) | The Princess of Montpensier | La Princesse de Montpensier | Caroline De Vivaise |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèles Blanc-Sec | Olivier Bériot | |
| Potiche | |||
| On Tour | Tournée | Alexia Crisp-Jones | |
| Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux | Marielle Robaut | |
| 2012 (37th) | House of Tolerance | L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close | Anaïs Romand |
| My Little Princess | Catherine Baba | ||
| The Artist | |||
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Les Femmes du 6ème étage | Christian Gasc | |
| The Source | La Source des femmes | Viorica Petrovici | |
| 2013 (38th) | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Christian Gasc |
| Augustine | Pascaline Chavanne | ||
| Populaire | Charlotte David | ||
| Camille Rewinds | Camille redouble | ||
| My Way | Cloclo | Mimi Lempicka | |
| 2014 (39th) | Renoir | Pascaline Chavanne | |
| Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table! | Olivier Bériot | |
| Michael Kohlhaas | Anina Diener | ||
| Mood Indigo | L'Écume des jours | ||
| The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet | Madeline Fontaine | ||
| 2015 (40th) | Saint Laurent | Anaïs Romand | |
| Beauty and the Beast | La Belle et la Bête | Pierre-Yves Gayraud | |
| The Connection | La French | ||
| The New Girlfriend | Une nouvelle amie | Pascaline Chavanne | |
| Yves Saint Laurent | Madeline Fontaine | ||
| 2016 (41st) | |||
| Marguerite | |||
| Diary of a Chambermaid | Journal d'une femme de chambre | Anaïs Romand | |
| Mustang | Selin Sözen | ||
| L'Odeur de la mandarine | Catherine Leterrier | ||
| My Golden Days | Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse | Nathalie Raoul | |
| 2017 (42nd) | |||
| The Dancer | La Danseuse | ||
| Frantz | Pascaline Chavanne | ||
| Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Alexandra Charles | |
| From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres | Catherine Leterrier | |
| A Woman's Life | Une vie | Madeline Fontaine | |
| 2018 (43rd) | |||
| See You Up There | Au revoir là-haut | Mimi Lempicka | |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Isabelle Pannetier | |
| Barbara | Pascaline Chavanne | ||
| The Guardians | Les Gardiennes | Anaïs Romand | |
| Promise at Dawn | La Promesse de l'aube | Catherine Bouchard | |
| 2019 (44th) | |||
| Mademoiselle de Joncquières | Pierre-Jean Larroque | ||
| The Emperor of Paris | L'Empereur de Paris | Pierre-Yves Gayraud | |
| The Sisters Brothers | Les Frères Sisters | Milena Canonero | |
| Memoir of War | La Douleur | Sergio Ballo and Anaïs Romand | |
| One Nation, One King | Un peuple et son roi | Anaïs Romand | |
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Costume designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) | |||
| An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Pascaline Chavanne | |
| La Belle Époque | Emmanuelle Youchnovski | ||
| Edmond | Thierry Delettre | ||
| Joan of Arc | Jeanne | Alexandra Charles | |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Dorothée Guiraud | |
| 2021 (46th) [1] | |||
| How to Be a Good Wife | La Bonne Épouse | Madeline Fontaine | |
| Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Mimi Lempicka | |
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Hélène Davoudian | |
| De Gaulle | Anaïs Romand and Sergio Ballo | ||
| Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Pascaline Chavanne | |
| 2022 (47th) | |||
| Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Pierre-Jean Laroque | |
| Aline | Catherine Leterrier | ||
| Annette | Pascaline Chavanne | ||
| Delicious | Délicieux | Madeline Fontaine | |
| Eiffel | Thierry Delettre | ||
| 2023 (48th) | |||
| Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century | Simone, le voyage du siècle | Gigi Lepage | |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Caroline de Vivaise | |
| The Colours of Fire | Couleurs de l'incendie | Pierre-Jean Larroque | |
| Waiting for Bojangles | En attendant Bojangles | Emmanuelle Youchnovski | |
| The Innocent | L'Innocent | Corinne Bruand | |
| Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Praxedes de Vilallonga | |