Preferred label
Costumes
Alternative label
Theater costumes
Broader term
Clothing & dress
Related terms
Masks
Masquerades
Mumming
Wigs
Scope note
For clothing or accessories used to disguise or to take on another identity, including clothing of another time or place. Search also under THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, as well as ACTORS and ACTRESSES for people in costume. For people in traditional dress search under the subdivision CLOTHING & DRESS used with names of ethnic, racial, and regional groups, and with classes of persons (Appendix B).
Editorial note
Subdivide by nationality for national costumes.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.