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costumier

[ko-stoo-mee-er, -styoo-, kaws-ty-myay] / kɒˈstu mi ər, -ˈstju-, kɔs tüˈmjeɪ /




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At a fancy-dress party on Mustique, she wore a Valkyrie outfit, hired for her by Colin Tennant from a Los Angeles costumier, and in it she mimed an aria from the Ring Cycle.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017

They have a UK origin, having been specially customised by famous London costumier Bermans & Nathans, whose 40 Camden Street address remains on a clothing tag.

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013

Martin Scorsese and Sandy Powell are another power couple of director and costumier.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2012

Mrs. Ess Kay telegraphed to a costumier, who was also an artist.

From Lady Betty Across the Water by Orson Lowell

The pictorial side of a Japanese dramatist’s work interested me keenly, and I begged Fukuchi to tell me how he, as an author, prepared his drawings for the costumier, stage-painter, and carpenter.

From Japan A Record in Colour by Dorothy Menpes

Catering to the needs of the numerous local seamstresses, costumiers, knitters, crocheteers and dressmakers, it thrived.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2022

Among them are costumiers hand-sewing tiny emerald green crystals onto a dancer's outfit.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2017

The atmosphere was often one of a family fete, with horse riding and circus sideshows, costumiers and storytelling.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2015

You suspect, however, that one supplementary profession still making healthy profits will be historical costumiers.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2012

Alice divided her time between the Wallings and her costumiers, and every evening she came home with a new tale of important developments.

From The Metropolis by Upton Sinclair


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