Who was credited for Frankenstein's 2026 BAFTA-winning costume design?

Kate Hawley was credited for Frankenstein’s 2026 BAFTA-winning costume design. Her work earned the film the British Academy’s Costume Design award at the 79th British Academy Film Awards.

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a period fantasy based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, and its costumes help define the film’s gothic, industrial world. Hawley’s designs had to serve both historical atmosphere and the heightened visual language of del Toro’s adaptation, distinguishing aristocratic, scientific and monstrous figures.

The award is sometimes confused with other major costume-design honors or with designers attached to different films. Miyako Bellizzi, Paul Tazewell and Ruth E. Carter were not the credited BAFTA winner for Frankenstein. The BAFTA recognition belongs specifically to Hawley.

Frankenstein’s awards success extended beyond costumes. It also won Production Design for Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, plus Make Up & Hair, giving the film three BAFTA victories in total. Those wins reflected the film’s strong craft appeal even beyond its acting and directing nominations.