Word Finder - costumes

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A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

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The dancer was wearing Highland costume.

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An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

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We wore gorilla costumes to the party.

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A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

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The bride wore a grey going-away costume.

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To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

For they were in the streets of a beautiful emerald-green city, bathed in a grateful green light that was especially pleasing to their eyes, and surrounded by merry faced people in gorgeous green-and-gold costumes of many extraordinary designs.

Have you decided on costumes yet?

Pelageya Danilovna began to recognize the mummers, admired their cleverly contrived costumes, and particularly how they suited the young ladies, and she thanked them all for having entertained her so well.

Costumes of the utmost magnificence were worn, and the chiselling of masks for the use of the performers occupied scores of artists and ranked as a high glyptic accomplishment.

Next morning Marya Dmitrievna took the young ladies to the Iberian shrine of the Mother of God and to Madame Suppert-Roguet, who was so afraid of Marya Dmitrievna that she always let her have costumes at a loss merely to get rid of her.

The costumes of the children educated at the different orphanages are varied and picturesque, those of the municipal orphanage being dressed in the city colours of red and black.

The inhabitants present a remarkable conglomeration of different races, various nationalities, divers languages, distinctive costumes and conflicting faiths, giving, it is true, a singular interest to what may be termed the human scenery of the city, but rendering impossible any close social cohesion, or the development of a common civic life.

With the sanction of the visitor it was ordered that in future the missionaries should adopt the costumes of Chinese literates, and, in fact, they before long adopted Chinese manners altogether.

The countess, when she had identified them and laughed at their costumes, went into the drawing room.

Only the multitude of small gardens, planted with limes, acacias and lilacs, and the bright costumes of the Servian or Hungarian peasants, remain to distinguish it from a western capital.

The costumes are picturesque, especially those of the women.

A Servian crowd at a festival presents a medley of brilliant and picturesque costumes, scarlet being the favourite colour.

But the deities were not originally anthropomorphic, and it is with the earlier stages in their development that some of the more remarkable costumes are apparently concerned.

For similar reasons it has preserved many old customs and costumes, those of the women being very elaborate and picturesque, while the herdsmen have retained their festival attire of red waistcoats, embroidered braces and canary-coloured shorts.

This is mainly occupied by Djurgarden (the deer-park), a beautiful park containing the buildings of the northern museum, a collection of Scandinavian costumes and domestic and agricultural utensils, and a biological museum housed in a wooden building imitating the early Norwegian timber churches (stavekirke).

Here also is Skansen, an ingenious reproduction in miniature of the salient physical features of Sweden with its flora, fauna, and characteristic dwellings inhabited by peasants in the picturesque costumes of the various districts.

But its flora is the richest in Europe, and combines with the brilliant sunshine, the vivid but harmonious costumes of the peasantry, and the white or paletinted houses to compensate for any such deficiency.

The bombshell blonde always threw good dinner parties with fun themes; this theme had been Disco Night, complete with lava lamps, disco ball, tacky '70s music that still jammed out the open windows, and costumes for those who chose to wear them.

Even Sheriff Jake Weller was there, and the city police chief and, in various costumes of night-wear, Fred, the Quincy sisters and Gladys Turnbull who'd let out a banshee scream that woke everyone but poor Edith Shipton, who'd never wake again.

After the Turks were driven from the city in 1878, it was in many respects modernized; but something of its former character is preserved in the ancient Turkish palace, mosque and fountain, the maze of winding alleys and picturesque houses in the older quarters, and, on market days, by the medley of peasant costumes - Bulgarian, Albanian and Rumanian, as well as Servian.

The Mexican military costumes are to be seen in the picture-writings, where the military orders of princes, eagles and tigers are known by their braided hair, eagles' beaks and spotted armour.

Many locals celebrate the festivity by way of donning elaborate costumes & parading through the town streets.

Earn New costumes Cheats To get an alternate costume for your character, finish the Hard Match Race.

But since the accident Jake has come back, haunting Matt's every step, turning up in weird attire and outrageous costumes.

The theater and the lavish costumes, surroundings and plays were the new form of entertainment and contributed to the decline of jousting.

Halloween Fancy Dress costumes This year, we have a great new range of halloween costumes, which we are extremely proud of.

Following the beacon lighting local children in carnival costumes lead a procession to Enfield Town Park for a fireworks display.

The men dressed in superhero costumes climbed the suspension bridge on 2nd February, now face charges for public nuisance.

Their costumes looked like they'd come from modern day department stores, rather than a theatrical costumiers.

He even got the great couturier Coco Chanel to design costumes for him!

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We offer a unique experience visually as well as musically with special costumes to suit the era such as 70's disco.

The production is nothing if not fun, and a hefty dollop of humor runs right through the show, especially the costumes.

How to Make Simple Medieval Costumes - patterns for tunic, hose, hood and fitted doublet.

I remember being totally enthralled by the music and costumes.

The fancy dress competition never fails to amaze me - the costumes people come up with are just fab.

Arrive in your own finery or choose from a wide selection of our costumes.

There are plans to dress captured Taliban fighters in Santa costumes and string them from makeshift gallows along the city's main shopping street.

The costumes include a printed jumpsuit, cape and belt, children love dressing up as Batman so the costumes are a great choice.

The polystyrene, fiberglass and plaster become frighteningly lifelike with the assistance well-researched props and costumes.

The film noir aspect is evident in the costumes.

Pierrot costumes were particularly popular.

Elegant costumes designed by Elizabeth King echoed the soothing contours of this exceptionally pleasing piece.

Her mother is an extra in The Bill, where her fellow actresses have all helped to sew sequins on Jenna's costumes.

The costumes had a few more sequins added and even bigger bows so that they stood out in the huge arena.

Masks and costumes can be quite scary to a dog that is not socialized to odd things.

The scenery was also effective and well managed, linking with fabulous costumes to produce a glittering spectacle.

The costumes of course look very period Japanese and for the girls are quite sumptuous.

The coronation scene, with the imposing throne and the gorgeous costumes, created a striking tableau.

Ben Maher, a Random dancer, whom McGregor also continues to commission, made the costumes for the entire trilogy.