Costumes

The nighttime Emmy Award nominations in the three costuming categories were incomplete in the list that was published last Friday. A complete roster of those nominees follows.

"The Little Snow Girl" is being dressed by a queen. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II on Tuesday unveiled costumes she designed for a Christmas ballet based on the classic Russian folk tale. The outfits are dominated by baby-blue traditional Russian dresses, cream shirts with flower motifs, golden head scarves and black Russian hats. Margrethe, 68, a prolific graphic artist and scenographer, has previously designed costumes and sets for several plays, including adaptations of stories by fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Doormen dressed as pirates or pharaohs work the front entrances, and cocktail servers stroll the casinos like so many glittering Hollywood starlets or kohl-eyed Egyptian queens. In Las Vegas, what hotel staffers wear is more theatrical costume than uniform, another opportunity to restate and expand on the house fantasy. Still, form must follow function when designing these elaborate outfits. "We have to cater to a broad range of figures.

In response to Laurie Winer's short-sighted review of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night" ("Music of the Slight," Jan. 10): I saw the show and feel she missed the mark completely. This was not supposed to be a production of costumes, choreography and skit acting. It was merely a showcase of Lloyd Webber's songs and songwriting. To review this production based on costumes and stage acting makes it clear that Winer did not understand what this show is all about. This is a performance-style show in the way of a concert, such as an evening at the Hollywood Bowl is meant simply to enjoy the music and vocals.

Jonathan Demme and Tim Burton are very different directors, but they both rely on Colleen Atwood to design the costumes for nearly every movie they do, from Burton's fanciful "Edward Scissorhands" to Demme's new austere period film, "Beloved." Atwood, 48, won an Oscar nomination for her work in "Little Women" and is now clothing the cast of Burton's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in England. DESIGNER BLASPHEMY: "Edith Head was a star because she was on 'The Art Linkletter Show.'

In the award frenzy leading up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony, "Chicago" has notched another victory. Costume designer Colleen Atwood was honored by the Costume Designers Guild for excellence in a period or fantasy film.

Ngila Dickson's Academy Award-nominated work for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Last Samurai" has earned her plaudits from the Costume Designers Guild. The organization presented its awards Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Dickson, who has two of the five Oscar nominations for costume design, won the guild award for excellence in period/fantasy film for both movies. Durinda Wood won for excellence in contemporary film for "A Mighty Wind."

It's hard to miss a man with a wooden bucket hat on his head, especially if it's adorned with painted leeks. "There are very few fashion statements that haven't been made," said Guy Klender, 37, an actor, "and this is one of them." The handle of the bucket dangled under his chin. The haberdashery (from "Falstaff") wasn't the strangest item for sale at the Los Angeles Opera's first-ever costume sale held Saturday. That distinction would go to the grotesque rubbery costume worn by bass baritone Daniel Okulitch as the title character in "The Fly," the 2008 opera directed by David Cronenberg.

Johnny Weir always has been comfortable in his skin, especially if it is an oilskin corset with a pink shoulder tassel, a pink stripe down an arm and pink laces across the chest like the one he wore for Friday's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. "I felt very diva tonight," Weir said after finishing third, putting himself in excellent position to make a second straight Olympic team with Sunday's free skate. Only once since Weir won his first of three U.S. titles in 2004 has the diva persona not fit, even if there often was a palpable disconnect between the classical skater and the avant-garde showman who never hides his light under a tassel, who never apologized -- or needed to -- for anything he did on or off the ice. At last year's nationals, Weir rationalized his fifth-place finish by pointing out he had been very sick after an ill-advised long trip for an ice show in Korea, a trip he made despite having been ill before going.

More than half of American workers will participate in Halloween festivities at work this year, but employees planning skimpy costumes for the cubicle might want to reconsider. Only about 1 in 10 workers will dress up for the holiday, according to a survey by career website Glassdoor, though nearly 30% said they hope their boss will show up decked out. Managers should ask inappropriately dressed colleague to change, according to half of respondents. But 14% think the offenders should be sent home.