Noun

Singular costume

Plural costumes

costume (plural costumes)

  1. A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
    The dancer was wearing Highland costume.
  2. An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
    We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  3. A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    The bride wore a grey going-away costume.

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Wed Jul 8 20:55:11 2009

The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described, or to a particular style of clothing worn to portray the wearer as a character or type of character other than their regular persona at a social event such as a masquerade, a fancy dress party or in an artistic theatrical performance.

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Theatrical costume

Costume used in yakshagana-a theater art from Inida.

One of the more prominent places people see costumes is in theatre, film and on television. In combination with other aspects, theatrical costumes can help actors portray characters' age, gender role, profession, social class, personality, and even information about the historical period/era, geographic location and time of day, as well as the season or weather of the theatrical performance. Often, stylized theatrical costumes can exaggerate some aspect of a character; for example Harlequin and Pantaloon in the Commedia dell'Arte.

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Mon Jul 6 10:25:45 2009

How do I make my halloween costume more weather appropriate?
Q. How do I make my halloween costume more weather friendly? Im going as a Goth Cheerleader Im planning on wearing thing short black skort with a black tank top and a black long sleeve t-shirt over it. Also im gonna wear black tights. What can i add to the costume to keep me warm enough. the news said its gonna be like 58 degrees around here on halloween How can i make my costume more weather appropriate?
Asked by LDawnZ - Sun Oct 26 11:55:47 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Wear some long johns underneath. Nobody will be able to see them. They're also part wool which will help keep you warm. You've also go the advantage because black is the color with the lowest albedo. Therefore, it will absorb more heat.
Answered by Vlad Tepes - Sun Oct 26 13:20:22 2008

What are some good costume ideas that i could create at home?
Q. i dont have any costumes because i decides to go trick or treating today on halloween and now theres no time.. but does anyone know any ideas for a 14 yr old grl for a home made costume(besides the pj costume thing lol) like should i paint my face a ladybug or something?
Asked by little miss innocent - Fri Oct 31 17:19:40 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ask your folks if you can borrow the laundry basket. Cut a hole out for you to step into- wearing it like a dress. It'll be ruined, so ask first! Then pin some dryer sheets to your shirt in a random fashion. Then a few socks. Pinning them to the shirt and the bottom of your dress so they flow down. Then put sn empty botte of bleach and/or fabric softener in the basket, along with the empty box the dryer sheets came in, as well as an empty laundry soap bob. Walah!!! You're, guess what... dirty laundry! Have fun and Happy Halloween!
Answered by Donald L - Fri Oct 31 17:22:52 2008

Where and when can I buy a costume for my character for halloween on Animal Crossing: City Folk?
Q. I want to go trick or treating on halloween so I can get candy for Jack and receive presents from him, but I can't seem to figure out where to buy a costume. Where can I go to buy a costume that people will actually know is a costume? I have a pumpkin head, but that doesn't seem to work. Do I have to go back to a certain date to find the costume? Please help!
Asked by hopelesshair101 - Thu Nov 20 15:25:11 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You will have to wait until next October.
Answered by C - Sun Nov 23 22:57:17 2008

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