page_title: Costume
section_title: Industry
hierarchical_section_title: Costume / Industry
caption_attribution_description: Български: Деца в български национални носии, посрещат гости по време на фолклорен фестивал, Сливница, България. English: Children in Bulgarian national costumes welcome guests during the Folklore Festival, Slivnitsa, Bulgaria. This photo has been taken in the country: Bulgaria
context_page_description: Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch.
  The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate clothing for certain activities, such as riding costume, swimming costume, dance costume, and evening costume. Appropriate and acceptable costume is subject to changes in fashion and local cultural norms.
  "But sable is worn more in carriages, lined with real lace over ivory satin, and worn over some smart costume suitable for an afternoon reception." A Woman's Letter from London.
  This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire", "robes" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes.
  Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by hand. When made for commercial sale it was made, as late as the beginning of the 20th century, by "costumiers", often women who ran businesses that met the demand for complicated or intimate female costume, including millinery and corsetry.
context_section_description: Professional-grade costumes are typically designed and produced by artisan crafters, often specifically for a particular character or setting. Specialty shops may also include common costumes of this caliber.
  Some high-end costumes may even be designed by the costume's wearer.
  The costume industry includes vendors such the American company Spirit Halloween, which opens consumer-oriented stores seasonally with pre-made Halloween costumes.
caption: Children in Bulgarian national costumes welcome guests during the Folklore Festival, Slivnitsa, Bulgaria.
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