Costume
A Costume is a clothing outfit that represents something a character, idea, or theme.
- Example(s):
- See: Corsetmaker, Riding Habit, Swimsuit, Evening Gown, Fashion, Trove, Hatmaking.
References
2023
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- Q: What is a costume? When and why do people wear them?
- A: A costume is an outfit or set of clothing usually worn to portray a character, idea, or theme. People often wear costumes during Halloween, masquerade parties, plays, or other festive occasions. Costumes are typically chosen to represent a certain character or idea that is relevant to the occasion. Wearing a costume can also be used to add a bit of fun or humor to the event.
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/costume Retrieved:2020-3-3.
- Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch.
The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate clothing for certain activities, such as riding costume, swimming costume, dance costume, and evening costume. Appropriate and acceptable costume is subject to changes in fashion and local cultural norms. This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire", "robes" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes. Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by hand. When made for commercial sale it was made, as late as the beginning of the 20th century, by "costumiers", often women who ran businesses that met the demand for complicated or intimate female costume, including millinery and corsetry.
- Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch.