| Tony Award for Best Costume Design | |
| Awarded For: | Best Costume Design |
| Presenter: | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Location: | United States New York City |
| Holder: | Susan Hilferty for Wicked |
| Website: | TonyAwards.com |
These are the winners and nominees for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design. The award was first presented in 1947 and included both plays and musicals. In 1961, and since 2005 the category was divided into Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award.
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | ||
| Lucinda Ballard | Another Part of the Forest, The Chocolate Soldier, Happy Birthday, John Loves Mary and Street Scene | |
| 1948 | ||
| Mary Percy Schenck | The Heiress | |
| 1949 | ||
| Lemuel Ayers | Kiss Me, Kate |
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||
| Aline Bernstein | Regina | |
| 1951 | ||
| Miles White | Bless You All | |
| 1952 | ||
| Irene Sharaff | The King and I | |
| 1953 | ||
| Miles White | Hazel Flagg | |
| 1954 | ||
| Richard Whorf | Ondine | |
| 1955 | ||
| Cecil Beaton | Quadrille | |
| 1956 | ||
| Alvin Colt | Pipe Dream | |
| Alvin Colt | The Lark and Phoenix '55 | |
| Mainbocher | The Great Sebastians | |
| Helene Pons | A View from the Bridge, The Diary of Anne Frank and Heavenly Twins | |
| 1957 | ||
| Cecil Beaton | My Fair Lady | |
| Cecil Beaton | Little Glass Clock | |
| Alvin Colt | Li'l Abner and The Sleeping Prince | |
| Dorothy Jeakins | Major Barbara and Too Late the Phalarope | |
| Irene Sharaff | Candide, Happy Hunting, Shangri La and Small War on Murray Hill | |
| 1958 | ||
| Motley Theatre Design Group | The First Gentleman | |
| Lucinda Ballard | Orpheus Descending | |
| Motley Theatre Design Group | The Country Wife, Look Back in Anger, Look Homeward, Angel and Shinbone Alley | |
| Irene Sharaff | West Side Story | |
| Miles White | Jamaica, Oh, Captain! and Time Remembered | |
| 1959 | ||
| Rouben Ter-Arutunian | Redhead | |
| Antonio Castillo | Goldilocks | |
| Dorothy Jeakins | The World of Suzie Wong | |
| Oliver Messel | Rashomon | |
| Irene Sharaff | Flower Drum Song |
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Martin Pakledinaz | Kiss Me, Kate | |
| Bob Crowley | Aida | |
| Constance Hoffman | The Green Bird | |
| William Ivey Long | The Music Man | |
| 2001 | ||
| William Ivey Long | The Producers | |
| Theoni V. Aldredge | Follies | |
| Roger Kirk | 42nd Street | |
| David C. Woolard | The Rocky Horror Show | |
| 2002 | ||
| Martin Pakledinaz | Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| Jenny Beavan | Private Lives | |
| Susan Hilferty | Into the Woods | |
| Jane Greenwood | Morning's at Seven | |
| 2003 | ||
| William Ivey Long | Hairspray | |
| Gregg Barnes | Flower Drum Song | |
| Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie | La bohème | |
| Catherine Zuber | Dinner at Eight | |
| 2004 | ||
| Susan Hilferty | Wicked | |
| Jess Goldstein | Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 | |
| Mike Nicholls and Bobby Pearce | Taboo | |
| Mark Thompson | Bombay Dreams |
These include wins for the Best Costume Design in a Play and Best Costume Design in a Musical.