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. It can 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.

Theatrical costumes, in combination with other aspects, serve to portray characters' age, gender role, profession, social class, personality, and can even reveal information about the historical period/era, geographic location, time of day, as well as the season or weather of the theatrical performance. Sometimes theatrical costumes literally mimic what the costume designer thinks the character would wear if the character actually existed. On the other hand, often stylized theatrical costumes can exaggerate some aspect of a character. Without theatrical costumers, the audience would be left wondering who is related to whom, and which person is which. Costuming, truly is as important as the set and the script, yet most audiences take it for granted.

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Yikes, almost forgot to make up the agenda for my Costuming Staff Meeting tonight! That would have been a scary meeting. :D
ciracira (Ciradessa Peterson) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:13:00 -0000
Yikes, almost forgot to make up the agenda for my Costuming Staff Meeting tonight! That would have been a scary meeting. :D
And on to the next project... tomorrow I'm costuming Timothy West in a quirky little dark comedy. That man is an absolute legend!
EyebrowWriters (WriteTime) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:54 -0000
And on to the next project... tomorrow I'm costuming Timothy West in a quirky little dark comedy. That man is an absolute legend!
tonight's dinner with the ladies canceled due to illness.so i'll be costuming and watching LOST season 5 instead.
erincmccarthy (Erin McCarthy) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:27:06 -0000
tonight's dinner with the ladies canceled due to illness.so i'll be costuming and watching LOST season 5 instead.
@kulturhack Equally compelling..all concerned manage to capture the essence of their characters w/out elaborate costuming ..bravo.
capecodgurl (katherine) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:08:52 -0000
@kulturhack Equally compelling..all concerned manage to capture the essence of their characters w/out elaborate costuming ..bravo.
@FashionHistoria that's because Colleen Atwood is a costuming goddess
p_sully (Perian Sully) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:07:11 -0000
@FashionHistoria that's because Colleen Atwood is a costuming goddess
vou almoçar logo pra poder sair cedo. hoje ainda tenho que passar no costuming do mk pra pegar a costume de merchan da liberty square.
allandjc (Allan de Lima) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:48:30 -0000
vou almoçar logo pra poder sair cedo. hoje ainda tenho que passar no costuming do mk pra pegar a costume de merchan da liberty square.

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