Arianne Phillips

Early life and career Phillips was raised in northern California and began making fashion sketches as a child. She relocated to New York in the early 1980s where she began working as an assistant stylist. She was initially recognized for helping to style Lenny Kravitz for his debut album, Let Love Rule.

Career Phillips was recognized for her work on the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris, earning her a Tony award nomination for Best Costume Design. Phillips has a long-standing relationship with Madonna, with collaborations including photos shoots, music videos and designing tour costumes for six world tours over the past two decades. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, for James Mangold's Walk the Line (2005), Madonna's directorial debut, W.E. (2011), and for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Phillips has also received a three BAFTA Award nominations for Tom Ford’s A Single Man (2009), Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and James Mangold's A Complete Unknown.

Her film career also includes Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals (2016), Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), James Mangold’s Girl, Interrupted (1999) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007), John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig And the Angry Inch (2001), Mark Romanek’s One Hour Photo (2002), and Milos Forman’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996).

In between film and music projects, Phillips works as a freelance fashion editor and stylist, collaborating with photographers for publications such as Italian Vogue, V Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, German & Spanish Vogue and W Magazine. She continuously challenges herself by taking on projects that explore new expressions of her creativity. In 2018, she made her New York City Metropolitan opera debut, designing Nico Muhly’s opera, Marnie.

Miuccia Prada selected Phillips for her Iconoclasts project; to curate installations for the brands flagship stores in London and Beijing which included a short fashion film for the brand, which Phillips wrote and directed, called Passages. Her friend Alessandro Michele Creative Director of GUCCI commissioned her to create content for a special issue of A Magazine he guest edited and to style a brand film directed by Gia Coppola. She has also collaborated on special projects with Van Cleef and Arpels, Cartier, Valentino and Swarovski. Phillips was an inaugural member of the TIMES UP coalition and was asked by Reese Witherspoon to design its logo.

Filmography YearTitleDirectorNotes 1991 Pyrates Noah Stern 1993 The Last Supper Daryl Hannah Short film Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman Christopher Guest Television film 1994 The Crow Alex Proyas 1995 Élisa Jean Becker Tank Girl Rachel Talalay Duke of Groove Griffin Dunne Short film 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman 1997 Going All the Way Mark Pellington Best Men Tamra Davis 1998 The Replacement Killers Antoine Fuqua 1999 The Mod Squad Scott Silver Girl, Interrupted James Mangold 2001 Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Cameron Mitchell 2002 One Hour Photo Mark Romanek Swept Away Guy Ritchie 2003 Identity James Mangold 2005 Walk the Line 2007 3:10 to Yuma 2009 A Single Man Tom Ford 2010 Knight and Day James Mangold 2011 W.E. Madonna 2015 Kingsman: The Secret Service Matthew Vaughn 2016 Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford 2017 Kingsman: The Golden Circle Matthew Vaughn 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino 2022 Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde 2024 Joker: Folie à Deux Todd Phillips A Complete Unknown James Mangold 2026 Olivia Wilde Post-production Gregg Araki Post-production

Theatre Year Production Venue Notes 2014 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Belasco Theatre Broadway 2017 Marnie English National Opera 2018 Head Over Heels Hudson Theatre Broadway Marnie Metropolitan Opera Transferred to the Met in October 2018

Awards and nominations Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2006 Best Costume Design Walk the Line 2012 W.E. 2020 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2025 A Complete Unknown

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 2010 Best Costume Design A Single Man 2020 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2025 A Complete Unknown

Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2014 Best Costume Design in a Musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 2020 Best Costume Design Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2020 Best Costume Design Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Best Costume Design Costume Designers Guild Awards 2002 Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2006 Excellence in Period Film Walk the Line 2008 3:10 to Yuma 2012 W.E. 2016 Excellence in Contemporary Film Kingsman: The Secret Service 2017 Nocturnal Animals 2018 Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2020 Excellence in Period Film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2023 Don't Worry Darling Critics' Choice Awards 2020 Best Costume Design Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards 2024 Costume Design A Complete Unknown London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2025 Technical Achievement Award Newport Beach Film Festival 2024 Creative Visionary Award A Complete Unknown and Joker: Folie à Deux Outer Critics Circle Awards 2019 Outstanding Costume Design Head Over Heels San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2019 Best Costume Design Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Saturn Awards 1995 Best Costume Design The Crow 2016 Kingsman: The Secret Service 2021 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2019 Best Costume Design Venice Film Festival 2022 Campari Passion for Film Award