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costume

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


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Costume designer Ray Holman, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, said he wanted to create something that Dame Jilly, who had a cameo role in the show, loved to wear.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

And at the same time, the Bezos’ hefty contribution to the Met’s Costume Institute goes a long way in making the organization self-sufficient.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

The gala’s theme, “Costume Art,” honors the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition on the role of the dressed body in the history of art.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"When I think about the show, if there's one word to describe it, I suppose it would be equitability or equivalency, equivalency between artworks," the Costume Institute's curator Andrew Bolton told AFP.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

At first she had worked in Pots and Pans, but now they had changed her to Costume Jewelry.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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