Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes is presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2015, this category and Outstanding Period Costumes were created. They replaced the now retired categories of Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and Outstanding Costumes for a Series.
Rules require that nominations are distributed proportionally among regular series and limited series/movies, based on the number of submissions of each. For instance, if two-fifths of submissions are limited series/movies then two of the five nominees will be limited series/movies.
Designers with multiple awards
This total includes nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.;2 awards
- L. Paul Dafelmair
- Lou Eyrich
- Shelly Levine
- Bob Mackie
- Patrick R. Norris
- Loree Parral
- Uliva Pizzetti
Programs with multiple awards
This total includes nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.;2 awardsAmerican Horror StoryFameJAGPicket Fences
- ''thirtysomething''
Designers with multiple nominations
This total includes nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.;11 nominations
- Shelly Levine
- Loree Parral
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
- Michelle Cole
- Lori DeLapp
- Bill Hargate
- Allyson B. Fanger
- Patrick R. Norris
- Catherine Adair
- Mark Agnes
- Cliff Chally
- Grady Hunt
- Al Lehman
- Nolan Miller
- Paolo Nieddu
- Devon Patterson
- Juliet Polcsa
- Jennifer Salim
- Robert Turturice
- Joyce Unruh
- Karo Vartanian
- Marisa Aboitiz
- Karen Bellamy
- Heidi Bivens
- Alex Bovaird
- Molly Harris Campbell
- Shawn Holly Cookson
- Brenda Cooper
- Dana Covarrubias
- L. Paul Dafelmair
- Kathleen Felix-Hager
- Terry Gordon
- Anne Hartley
- Bob Mackie
- Bridget Ostersehite
- Lauren Press
- Marie Schley
- Brian Sprouse
- Marti M. Squyres
- Rebecca Weinberg
- Danielle Baker
- Steffany Bernstein-Pratt
- Adina Bucur
- Michelle Carr
- Eduardo Castro
- Michael R. Chapman
- Darci Cheyne
- Kevin Draves
- Lori Eskowitz
- Elizabeth Feldbauer
- Dan Frank
- Alix Friedberg
- Abby Geoghegan
- Kathleen Gerlach
- Laura Goldsmith
- Kristine Haag
- Artie Hach
- Luellyn Harper
- Debra Hanson
- Leslie Herman
- Daniele Hollywood
- Helen Huang
- Mary Lane
- Daniel Lawson
- Michelle Matland
- Marilyn Matthews
- Jill Ohanneson
- Heather Pain
- Claire Parkinson
- Lily Parkinson
- Angel Peart
- Melina Root
- Linda Serijan
- Jerry Skeels
- Wendy Stephanelli
- Rachael Stanley
- Travilla
- Patricia Trujillo
- Angelina Vitto
- Mary Walbridge
- Kim Wilcox
- Eilish Zebrasky
Programs with multiple nominations
This total includes nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.;6 nominationsThe Crown L.A. LawThe Nanny
;5 nominationsBlack-ishChina BeachEmpireGrace and FrankieMurder, She WroteSex and the Citythirtysomething
;4 nominationsDesigning WomenDesperate HousewivesDynastyHacksPicket FencesThe Sopranos
;3 nominationsAliasEuphoriaJAGMama's FamilyMarried... with ChildrenMoonlightingMurphy BrownOnly Murders in the BuildingUgly BettyPose Six Feet UnderTransparentThe White Lotus
;2 nominationsAlly McBealAmerican Horror StoryCybillDallasEmily in ParisFameGleeThe Good WifeNewsRadioNight CourtThe PoliticianThe Righteous GemstonesScarecrow and Mrs. KingSchitt's Creek
- ''Will & Grace''