“Costume designer Milena Canonero won contemporary film honors for her work on ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ at the seventh annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton,’ Jen Thompson reports for Variety. “In the period/fantasy category, Colleen Atwood won for ‘Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.’ On the TV side, ‘Sex And The City’ designer Patricia Field won the contemporary television category, and Jill Taylor nabbed the trophy for period and fantasy television for her work in ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.”
Thompson reports, “Most ironic winner of the night was Jennifer Rade, who designed the costumes for Apple Computer’s iPod ‘Dance’ commercial. (The actors are shown only in silhouette.) ‘Only fellow costume designers could appreciate how difficult a job that was,’ Rade said.”
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