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costumery

[ ko-stoo-muh-ree, -styoo- ]

noun

  1. items of costume.
  2. the art of designing, making, or providing costumes.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of costumery1

First recorded in 1830–40; costume + -ery
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The Met Gala, in full ostentatious, crowd-pleasing costumery, returned this week, flooding the fashion news cycle.

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His costumery helped him remain “steps ahead of our investigators,” Leather said somewhat sheepishly.

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Not surprisingly, images abound of Prince in carefully designed repose: Prince wearing a bountiful array of costumery, Prince lost in the ecstasy of performance, Prince consumed by the sheer reverie of being Prince.

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As a by-product of the decade-over-decade obsession, however, it now takes a lot to move the needle in the arena of sports costumery.

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So much plot, so much scenery, so much costumery, so much actors!

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