Tuesday night, the final guild precursor announces with the Costume Designers Guild recognizing the best in three categories. (NOTE: Updated 8:05pm to add Tripp’s predictions and commentary)

COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS

Best Period Costume Design

The Dressmaker (Peter)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp)
Hail, Caesar!
Hidden Figures
Jackie (Tripp, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas)

Wesley Lovell: Period styles and lots of them. That’s what costume designers love. The fact that their is a separate period design category should attest to that. However, that doesn’t mean that all periods are equal. The periods with the most flourish do well. That’s why I give the lead to Florence Foster Jenkins, a film filled to the brim with bold and vivid costumes, which is more than the rest of these nominees have. The only thing that could stop them is the iconic outfits recreated for Jackie.
Peter J. Patrick: I can’t see how costume designers could vote against one of their own, the title character of The Dressmaker, but either Florence Foster Jenkins or Jackie could just as easily prevail.
Tripp Burton: The presidential gowns of Jackie have done well in the precursors this year, but the more ornate Florence Foster Jenkins could get some votes too. Both are Oscar nominees and are the most likely winners here.
Thomas LaTourette: This will probably be a battle between the two Oscar nominees, Jackie and Florence Foster Jenkins. Jackie has a couple precursor wins which Florence does not, but I could imagine the wild outfits Florence wore onstage taking the award.

Best Fantasy Costume Design

Doctor Strange (RU:Peter)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas)
Rogue One (RU:Tripp)

Wesley Lovell: While fantasy may be separate from period in terms of awards they give, the costume designers still love period designs and that should help two films, Fantastic Beasts and Miss Peregrine, which both feature period designs. Since Doctor Strange is entirely modern, with a superhero bent, and Rogue One has lots of futuristic duds, which might be confused for costumes from the original films, the only nominee that could spoil the two period dramas is Kubo and the Two Strings with its unprecedented nomination. It might not be worth much, though, since there are no real people that have to be dressed for it.
Peter J. Patrick: The tasteful costumes of either Fantastic Beasts or Doctor Strange would seem to be the ones that would most appeal to the costumers, but we shall see.
Tripp Burton: Fantastic Beasts is the only Oscar nominee in this category, and that should be enough to push it over the edge for a win.
Thomas LaTourette: With only one Oscar nominee in this list, Fantastic Beasts seems the logical winner. Rogue One’s costumes may be too close to all the other Star Wars films to win and it is hard to imagine them giving it to an animated film. The costumes of Doctor Strange are not what one remembers of the film. So the stiffest competition would appear to be the other 1940s-set film, Miss Peregrine. Still, I would expect Fantastic Beasts to win.

Best Contemporary Costume Design

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Captain Fantastic (RU:Wesley, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas)
La La Land (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas)
Lion (RU:Peter)
Nocturnal Animals

Wesley Lovell: If there’s an Oscar nominee, always go for the Oscar nominee. That’s especially true in a category that very rarely sees Oscar nominations. La La Land should triumph here, but Captain Fantastic has that magic word: “period,” which is odd since it’s in the contemporary category, that’s because it’s set in present day, but some of the fashions are leftovers from the 60s and 70s, but wickedly individual.
Peter J. Patrick: This is probably an easy win for La La Land, but if there’s an upset, the Indian-Australian mix of designs for Lion is the most likely to prevail.
Tripp Burton: As always, La La Land has little competition picking up this precursor.
Thomas LaTourette: La La Land, being the only Oscar nominee on this list, is the one to beat. If the guild goes in a different direction, Captain Fantastic might win or even Absolutely Fabulous, but that seems doubtful.