Which Academy Award did Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence win at the 1994 Oscars?

Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 1994 Oscars.

The award recognized Gabriella Pescucci’s costumes for the film, which adapts Edith Wharton’s 1920 novel about New York high society in the 1870s. The clothing helps distinguish social rank, family expectations, and the strict codes governing the characters’ behavior.

The film received five Academy Award nominations overall, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Winona Ryder, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Scorsese and Jay Cocks. Its costume-design victory was the film’s only Oscar win.

The award is sometimes confused with Best Production Design or Best Cinematography because the film is especially noted for its lavish visual style. However, the Oscar went specifically to Pescucci for the costumes.