including the five nominated for best costume design. like the artist. and here s where the exhibit is a big surprise. it s a black-and-white movie. hello. it s a black-and-white movie. and then you come here and you re like, orange? it s in the beginning of the film where she meets him and she sees him. it looks a little bit medium gray. but then you come here and it s orange. reporter: for two decades now the fashion institute of design and merchandising s museum has gathered the previous year s top movie costumes for an exhibition opening before the academy awards are presented. designer nick varios is an fidm teacher. you have to come here to see the five oscar-nominated movies, the costumes, to see them up close and all the detail that goes into it. reporter: the other oscar nominees for costume design are for hugo, the shakespearean-era designs for anonymous. and the early 1800s of jane eyre. costumes detailed even in the unseen undergarments. and the royally el