The costume (or the held ) is a whole of Vêtement S and accessories matched and fact to be carried together. It can be freely made up or imposed, like in the case of the Professional garments.
Nowadays, for the women, one speaks about tailor. For the men, it is question of complete.
They can be intended for a precise activity like the formal dress, of evening, soldier or the bathing costume.
They can refer to one historical period as for the Histoire of the costume.
They can symbolize a precise area, one then speaks about traditional Costume, like the Breton Costume.
They can be associated with a function (costume of bishop).
The costume term can be a symbol of membership of people, a country, a brotherhood, a sect, a religion or other types of group. It can also indicate a Déguisement or a scene and stage costume like the costume of Arlequin. it can be a strictly professional clothing as the costumes of audience which are the Robe of lawyer or the Robe of magistrate, or the costume of Amiante one to open founder. He can “standardize” a population (soldiers, pupils, etc)
In the male mode, the costume term indicates a complete (or complete-jacket ) made up of a Veste and a pants sometimes of a Gilet like a Costume three-roomed flat or a English Costume.
For the female fashion, the term tailor indicates the masculinized shape of the ladies' garment, made originally by a tailor of man (of " tailor made") and not by a dressmaker.
Proverbs and expressions
- Do not judge a book by its cover
- To cut a costume
See too
costume- Complete Tailor
- traditional Costume
- History of the costume
- Costumière
- National center of the costume
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