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  1. costumes

    Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people. 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. "But sable is worn more in carriages, lined with real lace over ivory satin, and worn over some smart costume suitable for an afternoon reception." A Woman's Letter from London (23 November 1899). This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire", "robes" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes.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.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of costumes in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of costumes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of costumes in a Sentence

  1. Madelena Perrelli:

    Coats and pajamas are a mainstay, as well as Halloween costumes and fun holiday wear.

  2. Marie Baronnet:

    The '80s were really the era where all the glamour kind of disappeared and what the audience wanted was more flesh always, all of those women always described in the interview how it was difficult to transition between the '70s and the '80s, where the glamour was no longer there and the bosses of the clubs were asking them to get rid of the costumes and actually show more.

  3. Osmond Chan:

    It's different from ethnic costumes like the kimono and hanbok, as cheongsam has a highly flexible design, elements like dress length, different materials and different levels of complexity make dresses suitable for a variety of occasions.

  4. Sarah Nuñez:

    We’re human beings, we’re not costumes.

  5. Carrie Pitzulo:

    All they're left with at this point is women walking around in bunny costumes : the sexist, objective part, they're not a leader in politics like they were in the 60s. The culture has evolved beyond that.

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