Definitions for costumes
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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 This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire", "robes" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes.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.

How to pronounce costumes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

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. Jared Kahn:

   The performers elected to change costumes in the public corridor when they really could have dressed in the private area that was available to them.

2. Nakia Cadet:

   Popular kids' costumes would be anything scary for girls but with a girly twist, and then for the boys, Stormtroopers, Star Wars and superhero costumes will always be a big thing.

3. Juliette Fernandez:

   We started making the costumes, finding the wigs, designing choreographies and even trying to imitate the characters' voices.

4. Michelle Lee Flores:

   Sometimes people just don’t put their thinking cap on when it comes to costumes.

5. Tony Leung:

   I started out in this business just hoping to make a living, but then I grew to learn the beauty of cheongsam, it's different from ethnic costumes like the kimono and hanbok, as cheongsam has a highly flexible design.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costumes