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costume

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


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To help bring his vision to life, Riley enlisted costume designer Shirley Kurata, the Oscar-nominated stylist behind the equally surreal "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Soprano Gabriella Reyes brought both menace and comedy to Catrina, tossing off her coloratura laughter and rocking her costume of silvery bones painted on black and swathed in tulle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

A video posted on Disney’s social media showed the actor in full costume, then lifting his helmet to reveal himself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Now she was venturing upstairs to the fabric department to haggle over bolts of cloth for another costume.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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