costume
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Costume designer Ray Holman, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said he wanted to create something that Dame Jilly, who had a cameo role in the show, loved to wear.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
With “Costume Art,” the exhibition that inaugurates a sweeping first-floor two-gallery space created for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the museum has made a milestone statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
The invitation-only gala, which benefits The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, began in 1948 as a fundraiser that marked the Institute’s annual spring fashion exhibition and was attended primarily by high-society museum patrons.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
The gala’s theme, “Costume Art,” honors the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition on the role of the dressed body in the history of art.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
“And we have decided to award the prize for Best Costume to...Humphrey.”
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing costume
Party Parlance for Mardi Gras
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