We establish local $C^{1,\alpha}$-regularity for some $\alpha\in(0,1)$ and $C^{\alpha}$-regularity any $\alpha\in\nobreak (0,1)$ of minimizers the functional $$ v\ \mapsto\ \int\_\Omega \phi(x,|Dv|),dx, where $\phi$ satisfies a $(p,q)$-growth condition. Establishing such regularity theory with sharp, general conditions has been an open problem since 1980s. In contrast to previous results, we fo...