Nominations Announced For The 2018 Annual Metropolitan Fashion Awards Recognizing Outstanding Achievements in Fashion and Costume Design in Motion Pictures & Television
Each year, the Metropolitan Fashion Awards are presented to an individual or collective team honoring outstanding achievements in fashion and costume design in motion pictures, television, and live performance in 10 categories. The final list of nominees for each category is determined by the Metropolitan Fashion Awards Committee.
Three-Time Oscar Winner Makeup Artist, Ve Neill Will Be Honored With The 2018 Metropolitan Fashion “Excellence” Award
LOS ANGELES -- (SPW) --
Nominations for Metropolitan Fashion Week's (MetroFW) METROPOLITAN FASHION AWARDS honoring outstanding achievements in fashion and costume design in motion pictures, & television were announced today by MetroFW Founder Eduardo Khawam. The winners will be revealed during the 6th Annual Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala and Fashion Awards to be held Saturday, October 6th at the forecourt and rotunda at the Los Angeles City Hall.
Three-time Academy Award winner Makeup Artist, Ve Neill (Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire, Ed Wood) will be honored with the 2018 Metropolitan Fashion “Excellence” Award. Other Ve Neill movies includeHunger Games, Sweeney Todd, Batman Returns and, most recently, A Star Is Born starring Lady Gaga. She has been nominated for eight Oscars and is a judge on the hit TV show FaceOff. Ve is also the Director of Education at Cinema Makeup School and is among the most decorated living makeup artists to date.
"We are so excited to receive a record number of entries from all over the world," said Khawam. "The enthusiastic response of the entertainment and fashion community is remarkable.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2018 METROPOLITAN FASHION AWARDS ARE:
COSTUME DESIGNER – MOTION PICTURE
BLACK PANTHER – (Marvel Studios)
Costume Designer: Ruth Carter
BLACKKKLANSMAN – (Legendary Pictures/Perfect World/Focus Features
Costume Designer: Marci Rodgers
CRAZY RICH ASIANS – (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Costume Designer: Mary E. Vogt
THE SEAGULL – (Sony Pictures Classics)
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN – (20th Century Fox)
Costume Designer: Ellen Mirojnick
COSTUME DESIGNER – TELEVISION
BLACK-ISH – (ABC Studios)
Costume Designer: Michelle Cole
GENIUS: PICASSO – (National Geographic)
Costume Designers: Sonu Mishra, Eudald Magri & Balazs Labancz
LA CASA DE LAS FLORES – (Netflix)
Costume Designer: Natalia Seligson
OUTLANDER – (Starz)
Costume Designer: Terry Dresbach
YOUNGER – (TV Land)
Costume Designer Jacqueline Demeterio
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE FOR MAKE-UP ARTIST & HAIR STYLIST – MOTION PICTURE OR TV
ASH VS. EVIL DEAD – (Starz)
Department Head, Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist: Vanessa Hurley
Key Makeup Artist0 & Hair Stylist: Aly Webby
BLACK PANTHER – (Marvel Studios)
Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists: Joel Harlow, Camille Friend & Ken Diaz.
Szandra Biro, Szilvia Homolya, Jordi Morera Serra, Goran Lundstrom, Kate
Starr, Alex Rouse, Judit Halasz, Janosne Kajtar
OUTLANDER – (Starz)
Department Head Hairstylist & Department Head Makeup Artist: Ann McEwan
Hair Supervisor: Claire Harris
FASHION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Venezuela: Douglas Tapia
Nicaragua: Erick Bendaña
Brazil-Los Angeles: Fernanda Pinheiro for Giovanni Testi
Armenia/Los Angeles: Maria Mellardi
Philippines: Rocky Gathecole – (For The Stars Fashion House)
In addition to the MetroFW Awards, the evening will include a one-of-a-kind fashion show featuring Fashion Designers MELLARDI, Giovanni Testi, Erick Bendaña and introducing the Metropolitan Fashion Collection by Douglas Tapia. A special segment of Haute Couture and Avant Garde Masterpieces will also be showcased, inspired by KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, and designed by over 30 award winning international fashion designers.
METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK LOS ANGELES 2018 SCHEDULE
OPENING NIGHT & FASHION DESIGN CONTEST Thursday,September 27, 6:30 pm at The Original Farmers Market (Free Event Open to the Public)
CLOSING GALA & FASHION AWARDS Saturday, October 6, 6:00 pmat Los Angeles City Hall
• 6:00pm Red Carpet Arrivals
•7:30pm Fashion Show Starts
• 9:00pm Fashion Show Ends
• 9:00pm VIP Reception and Meet & Greet for VIP, Award Nominees and Designers at Tom Bradley Ballroom.
FOR GALA /AWARD /TICKET INFO: http://metrofw18.shindigg.com
About METROPOLITAN FASHION WEEK: Metropolitan Fashion Week events are held in dramatic, non-traditional venues that showcase not just best fashion designers or costume designs, but the most beautiful venues each city has to offer. MetroFW is one of the fastest growing fashion weeks in the United States, with shows in Seattle, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
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