costume

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Rooted in epic and devotional storytelling, it played out on all-sided stages, driven by heightened voice, gesture and costume.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

One vendor sold t-shirts with captions proclaiming “LEGEND” alternatively accompanying pictures of Charlie Kirk or, for some reason, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts together in costume from The Andy Griffith Show.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Dario wore a panda outfit to their costume party-themed wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Other winners included Frankenstein, which won three technical prizes - best costume design, production design, and make-up and hairstyling - and racing thriller F1, which won best sound.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

But her red-and.gold-plaid gown with full petticoats, which I recognized she’d sewn from her fortune-teller costume, was the envy of all.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan