| 2007 | Alexandra Byrne ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
| 2006 | Milena Canonero MARIE ANTOINETTE
| 2005 | Colleen Atwood MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
| 2004 | Sandy Powell THE AVIATOR
| 2003 | Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
| 2002 | Colleen Atwood CHICAGO
| 2001 | Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie MOULIN ROUGE
| 2000 | Janty Yates GLADIATOR
| 1999 | Lindy Hemming TOPSY-TURVY
| 1998 | Sandy Powell SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
| 1997 | Deborah L. Scott TITANIC
| 1996 | Ann Roth THE ENGLISH PATIENT
| 1995 | James Acheson RESTORATION
| 1994 | Lizzy Gardiner & Tim Chappel THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
| 1993 | Gabriella Pescucci THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
| 1992 | Eiko Ishioka BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
| 1991 | Albert Wolsky BUGSY
| 1990 | Franca Squarciapino CYRANO DE BERGERAC
| 1989 | Phyllis Dalton HENRY V
| 1988 | James Acheson DANGEROUS LIAISONS
| 1987 | James Acheson THE LAST EMPEROR
| 1986 | Jenny Beavan & John Bright A ROOM WITH A VIEW
| 1985 | Emi Wada RAN
| 1984 | Theodor Pistek AMADEUS
| 1983 | Marik Vos FANNY AND ALEXANDER
| 1982 | John Mollo & Bhanu Athaiya GANDHI
| 1981 | Milena Canonero CHARIOTS OF FIRE
| 1980 | Anthony Powell TESS
| 1979 | Albert Wolsky ALL THAT JAZZ
| 1978 | Anthony Powell DEATH ON THE NILE
| 1977 | John Mollo STAR WARS
| 1976 | Danilo Donati FELLINI'S CASANOVA
| 1975 | Ulla-Britt Soderlund & Milena Canonero BARRY LYNDON
| 1974 | Theoni V. Aldredge THE GREAT GATSBY
| 1973 | Edith Head THE STING
| 1972 | Anthony Powell TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
| 1971 | Yvonne Blake & Antonio Castillo NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA
| 1970 | Vittorio Nino Novarese CROMWELL
| 1969 | Margaret Furse ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
| 1968 | Danilo Donati ROMEO AND JULIET
| 1967 | John Truscott CAMELOT
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| 1966 | Elizabeth Haffenden & Joan Bridge A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | Irene Sharaff WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
| 1965 | Phyllis Dalton DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | Julie Harris DARLING
| 1964 | Sir Cecil Beaton MY FAIR LADY | Dorothy Jeakins THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA
| 1963 | Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese & Renie CLEOPATRA | Piero Gherardi FELLINI'S 8-1/2
| 1962 | Mary Wills THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM | Norma Koch WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
| 1961 | Irene Sharaff WEST SIDE STORY | Piero Gherardi LA DOLCE VITA
| 1960 | Bill Thomas & Valles SPARTACUS | Edith Head & Edward Stevenson THE FACTS OF LIFE
| 1959 | Elizabeth Haffenden BEN-HUR | Orry-Kelly SOME LIKE IT HOT
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