Tuesday 14 October 2014

What is costume?

what is costumewhat is costume What is costume?

Costume is a specific type of clothing that tells you about one's :

-social status
-geographical location
-time period
-occupation
-weather
-ethnicity
-age
-personality


Where is costume used ?

There are four main categories where costume is used which are theatrical ,holiday or festival ,national costume and cosplay. Theatrical theatre involves children's theatre , film costume designing and theatre costume design for plays, musicals and dance costume designs. Holiday and festival costumes can tell us what time of the year it is for example Christmas and Halloween clothing , when you on holiday in exotic places you often get performances by the locals and they may be dressed in a certain way while performing. National theatre costume tell us what geographical location one is from for example the Scottish men wear kilts, this also represents a nations pride and it found all over the world for example Nigerians dress in a certain way. Cosplay is short for costume play from the Japanese , it is when people dress up in certain characters and interact with others ,this has been adapted by fancy dress for example children dress up as superheroes and treat each other as those heroes they are dressed as.








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