getup
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What getup will transcend la mode and stand the test of time?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
“Mayhem’s” sweet spot comes in the middle of the album with a string of funky ’80s-throwback jams — “Killah” into “Zombieboy” into “LoveDrug” — that Gaga delivered onstage in an ornate Cruella de Vil getup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Once you’ve assembled your getup, you step out into a world where you’ll likely draw a few double takes.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024
Can you tell us a little bit about your getup?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Grace Balegamire didn’t understand that the getup was a costume and assumed instead that the girl had come straight from practice, as the Fugees had.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
The year after his procedure, Moody helped break a national record for participating in the largest group of people to skydive together while wearing wingsuits, those getups that turn people into flying squirrels.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2024
The getups aren’t just for the tournament; the everyday caddies at Augusta have worn them for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
She reportedly referenced groups of students dressing up in similar costumes or some coming to school in elaborate getups – leaving other students who don’t have the resources to do so left out.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2021
Melania’s stunted understanding of fashion also resulted in hilariously on-the-nose getups.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2021
I don’t look much at the towers though, or the people passing me in their fashionable getups, imports, handcrafted leather, suede, whatever.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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