noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪
For the dress rehearsal, the cast will be in full ~.
▪ colourful/colorful , elaborate , lavish
▪ outlandish , outrageous , ridiculous
▪ folk ( esp. AmE ), national , traditional
▪ dance ( esp. AmE )
▪ period
▪
Many locals dressed in period ~ for the celebrations.
▪ Halloween ( esp. AmE )
▪
I have a great idea for my Halloween ~.
▪ eighteenth-century , Victorian , etc.
▪ bunny , clown , fairy , etc.
▪ bathing ( old-fashioned ), swimming (both BrE )
VERB + COSTUME
▪ be dressed in , dress in , have on , wear
▪
He had a cowboy ~ on.
▪ don , put on
▪
For Halloween he donned a superhero ~.
▪ create , design , make , sew
▪
He designed the ~s for a production of ‘The Firebird’.
COSTUME + NOUN
▪ design
▪ designer
▪ drama
▪
The movie is a ~ drama based on a 19th-century novel.
▪ change
▪
The main character had five ~ changes.
▪ ball , party (both esp. AmE )
▪
They celebrated New Year's Eve with a ~ party.
▪ jewellery/jewelry
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The battle was re-enacted by actors in period ~.