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costume

[kos-toom, -tyoom, ko-stoom, -styoom] / ˈkɒs tum, -tyum, kɒˈstum, -ˈstyum /


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Studio costume designers, including Howard Greer and, later, Jean Louis, put together flight attendant fashion.

From Los Angeles Times

Therrien’s beards — fashioned from synthetic hair, plaster, stainless steel or aluminum — hang on wardrobe stands from hooks that would go over the wearer’s ears as part of a costume.

From Los Angeles Times

When neither works, Nora tears at her costume and hair before being calmed to a lull by stagehands who successfully manage to get their star in front of the audience and on her mark.

From Salon

And who thought that would be enough feathers for the Carnival costumes?

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1961, a small child looks with fear into the eyes of a costumed Santa in New York City, a primal reaction that transcends decades.

From The Wall Street Journal