Her most recognizable work, however, was for “Superman” (1978) and its 1980 sequel. She did her original sketches before Christopher Reeve was cast as Superman, calling for a “leotard in shimmering blue two-way stretch fabric worn over false muscles and harness for flying.”

Image Mr. Blake at the Malaga Film Festival in Spain in 2017. Although she won an Oscar for “Nicholas and Alexandra,” she was best known for her work on “Superman.” Credit... Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

For Marlon Brando, who played Superman’s father, Jor-El, she chose a reflective material recommended by the director of photography and used for making movie-theater screens. The only problem was that it turned black when bare hands touched it, so crew members had to wear white cotton gloves.

Ms. Blake also won Goya Awards, Spain’s equivalent of the Oscar, for “Rowing With the Wind” (1988), “Carmen” (2003) and “Canción de Cuna” (1994), all set in 19th-century England or Spain, and “The Bridge of San Luis Rey” (2004), set in 18th-century Peru.

Yvonne Ann Blake was born in Manchester, England, on April 17, 1940, the daughter of Harald and Marga (Heilbrün) Blake. She taught herself to draw when she was a little girl and once told Audrey Hepburn that as a teenager she was inspired to become a designer by the 1957 film “Funny Face,” in which Ms. Hepburn wore Givenchy fashions.

Ms. Blake attended the Regional College of Art and Design in her hometown for a year. But she viewed her internship at Bermans, the British costume house, as her real education.