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 Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie 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.
Winners and nominations
2010s
Outstanding Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series or Movie| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
| Transparent | "Symbolic Exemplar" | Marie Schley, Nancy Jarzynko | Amazon | |
| Empire | "Pilot" | Paolo Nieddu, Eileen McCahill | Fox | |
| Empire | "The Lyon's Roar" | Rita McGhee, Sukari McGill | Fox | |
| Gotham | "Under the Knife" | Lisa Padovani, Danielle Schembre-Burakovsy | Fox | |
| The Mindy Project | "San Francisco Bae" | Salvador Pérez Jr., Gala Autumn, Ivy Thaide | Fox | |
| Olive Kitteridge | "Incoming Tide" | Jenny Eagan, Debbie Holbrook | HBO | |
| ' | "Chutes and Ladders" | Lou Eyrich, Helen Huang, Marisa Aboitiz | FX | |
| Empire | "Past Is Prologue" | Paolo Nieddu, Jennifer Salim, Mary Lane | Fox | |
| The Good Wife | "End" | Daniel Lawson, David Brooks, Daniele Hollywood, Angel Peart | CBS | |
| Grace and Frankie | "The Party" | Allyson B. Fanger, Lori DeLapp | Netflix | |
| Transparent | "Kina Hora" | Marie Schley, Mark A. Summer | Amazon | |
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| Big Little Lies | "You Get What You Need" | Alix Friedberg, Risa Garcia, Patricia McLaughlin | HBO | |
| Empire | "Light in Darkness" | Paolo Nieddu, Jennifer Salim, Mary Lane | Fox | |
| Grace and Frankie | "The Art Show" | Allyson B. Fanger, Heather Pain, Lori DeLapp | Netflix | |
| House of Cards | "Chapter 61" | Johanna Argan, Kemal Harris, Jessica Wenger, Steffany Bernstein-Pratt | Netflix | |
| Transparent | "To Sardines and Back" | Marie Schley, Hannah Schneider, Leslie Herman | Amazon |
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
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| ' | "The Man Who Would Be Vogue" | Lou Eyrich, Allison Leach, Rebecca Guzzi, Nora Pedersen | FX | |
| Black-ish | "Juneteenth" | Michelle Cole, Delores Ybarra, Devon Patterson | ABC | |
| Empire | "Slave to Memory" | Paolo Nieddu, Jennifer Salim, Steffany Bernstein-Pratt | Fox | |
| Grace and Frankie | "The Expiration Date" | Allyson B. Fanger, Heather Pain, Lori DeLapp | Netflix | |
| This Is Us | "The Wedding" | Hala Bahmet, Elinor Bardach | NBC | |
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| Russian Doll | "Superiority Complex" | Jennifer Rogien, Charlotte Svenson, Melissa Stanton | Netflix | |
| Black-ish | "Purple Rain" | Michelle Cole, Devon Patterson | ABC | |
| Escape at Dannemora | "Episode 6" | David Robinson, Ann Bryant, Barbara Hause | Showtime | |
| Grace and Frankie | "The Wedding" | Allyson B. Fanger, Kristine Haag, Lori DeLapp | Netflix | |
| Schitt's Creek | "The Dress" | Debra Hanson, Darci Cheyne | Pop TV | |
| Sharp Objects | "Closer" | Alix Friedberg, Shawn Barry | HBO |
2020s
Programs with multiple nominations
This total includes nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.;5 nominations
- Empire
- Grace and Frankie
- Black-ish
- Transparent
- The Good Wife
- Schitt's Creek