Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This award was introduced in 1991. There had been an award for Designer of the Year from 1976 to 1990, originally focused on set designers but including an increasing number of commingled nominations for other design specialties through the years. The commingled single award was retired after the 1990 ceremony, with more granular awards introduced in 1991 for Best Set Design and Best Lighting Design, along with this Best Costume Design award.

Awards

 * Two awards
 * Alison Chitty
 * Deirdre Clancy
 * William Dudley
 * Tim Goodchild
 * Christopher Oram
 * Mark Thompson
 * Vicki Mortimer
 * Catherine Zuber

Nominations

 * Six nominations


 * Hugh Durrant


 * Rob Howell
 * Christopher Oram


 * Five nominations
 * Bob Crowley
 * Mark Thompson
 * Anthony Ward


 * Four nominations
 * Gregg Barnes
 * William Dudley


 * Three nominations
 * Deirdre Clancy
 * Nicky Gillibrand
 * Robert Jones
 * William Ivey Long
 * Catherine Zuber


 * Two nominations
 * Sue Blane
 * Alison Chitty
 * Tim Goodchild
 * Tim Hatley
 * Roger Kirk
 * Peter McKintosh
 * Jon Morrell
 * Vicki Mortimer
 * Martin Pakledinaz
 * Paul Tazewell
 * Jenny Tiramani