(n.) Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.
(n.) Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.
(n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(2) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
(3) In 43 the primary eczema was on the hands, in 38 under costume jewellery, suspenders, ect.
(4) Man of Steel gets three stars from him, thanks largely to an opening section that "creates a plausible context for the introspection and self-doubt that dogs the adult version of [this] costumed warrior".
(5) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
(6) It is one of the most famous costumes in film history.
(7) There was a shop that I knew of because I've been in there a couple of times before and I knew they sold costume jewellery and stuff.
(8) Dad brought us up on Star Wars from when we were old enough to not be scared ... We grew up in our teenage years absolutely loving Star Wars,” said Michael Kidd, who came to see the film dressed as Chewbacca along with his Hans-Solo-costumed wife and Jedi-dressed family.
(9) He talks up the "experience" aspect of Electric Daisy Carnival, from its dazzling barrage of state-of-the-art lighting to its dance troupes whose costumes are pitched midway between harlequin and hooker.
(10) It gave a good aerial view of the place: the fake trees, the sign forbidding adults from entering the photo tent without a child, the costumed staff.
(11) The film also brings in Weerasethakul's own family history, and childhood memories of lo-fi horror movies and TV shows (lots of red-eyed monsters, shot in darkness to cover up their shoddy costumes).
(12) The art director Eiko Ishioka, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 73, came from that Japanese graphic tradition and took it around the world in every medium – advertising, cinema, theatre, circus, fashion and the conjunction of them all that was the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008, for which she designed the costumes.
(13) The extent of the bone resection has been in relation with clinical picture, myelography and mainly operative findings, aiming at a "cut-to-measure costum".
(14) At least two characters – a Minion from Despicable Me and one of the Elmos – said they had purchased their costumes, made in Peru, for about $300.
(15) He spent weeks with costume getting the right suit tailoring, and his reading of the character restored Bond’s manly pugnacity but ditched the dated chauvinism.
(16) When the air temperature is -3C and you are in your swimming costume you really don’t want to be hanging around – so the organisers’ swiftness and efficiency was appreciated.
(17) Costumes and models were devised on the basis of existing American and Soviet prototypes.
(18) His journey to the real costume began at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and he was turning heads soon after his graduation with stage performances in Kes and Romeo and Juliet , winning the Manchester Evening News award for Best Newcomer in 2004 before scooping Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard theatre awards two years later.
(19) The works of this period include Revelation and Fall (1966), in which a nun in blood-red costume and a megaphone shrieks expressionist poems of Georg Trakl, the Missa super l’Homme Armé (1968), a parody of a Latin Mass, and above all Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969).
(20) It was shot on location in Hollywood, with the real Jim Henson Studios standing in for the dilapidated Muppet Studios; Miss Piggy's costumes are all designer, as any star of her stature might expect, and include a pair of trotter-sized Louboutins.
Garb
Definition:
(n.) Clothing in general.
(n.) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.
(n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
(n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
(n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
(v. t.) To clothe; array; deck.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mendl's candy colours contrast sharply with the gothic garb of our hero's enemies and the greys of the prison uniforms – as well as scenes showing the hotel later, in the 1960s, its opulence lost beneath a drab communist refurb.
(2) The vehicles were cleared for entry because those inside carried apparently legitimate US military identification cards, were dressed in proper American military garb and spoke perfect English.
(3) Identifiable by his distinctive hybrid of western and military garb, including a camouflage cowboy hat, jacket and boot protectors.
(4) "In the garb of these vaccination campaigns, the US and its allies are running their spying networks in Fata which has brought death and destruction on them in the form of drone strikes," the leaflet said.
(5) Moving swiftly on, Dominic Hart reminds us of an even more painful experience, physically at least, suffered by Newcastle supporter Robert Nesbitt, who chose to have a large image of Andy Cole in full Magpies garb tattooed on to his right thigh ... two days before Cole left for Manchester United.
(6) Apparently so – but with social media in meltdown at the prospect of Peter Dutton’s black-garbed men accosting strangers and demanding their papers, the under-the-clocks press conference quickly descended into predictable chaos.
(7) He essayed this “ho, for the open seas!” garb apparently for fun, and finds himself thrust on to the world stage dressed as a clown.
(8) While his British garb and proclivity for pub drink might seem completely out of place in LA, Logan is finding himself through his club – ebbing and flowing (and effing and blinding) with their highs and lows, finding solace and patience in their triumphs and shortcomings: I’ve found this outlet for performing loyalty, perpetuating a legendary verbal history, defending something at times very blindly and feeling pride in something only slightly larger than myself, all the while feeling this great sense of brotherhood and immortality.
(9) On Tuesday, at his first appearance at the federal court where he was self-represented, he came dressed in a long white robe, describing it as “Islamic garb”.
(10) Both men were wearing religious garb at the time of shooting.
(11) Fantastic Four review - a dawdling indie drama dressed up in superhero garb Read more There was better news for The Gift , a psychological thriller starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall which marks Australian actor Joel Edgerton’s debut as a director.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bones, hair and traditional Yazidi garb at the site of a suspected mass grave near the town of Sinjar, Iraq.
(13) Everyone knows that Patrick Bateman, the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho , obsessively details the items of designer garb that he and his yuppie acquaintances are wearing.
(14) Iran is a country that has been represented through the garb of its women for the past 30 years.
(15) Hamza wore simple blue prison garb and was unshackled during the court appearance.
(16) Other risk-reduction measures include the adoption of universal precautions against transmission of infectious disease; sharp-instrument precautions; the use of protective garb to prevent skin and mucous membrane contamination when blood or bloody body fluid may splash; the availability of stable, puncture-resistant disposal containers for sharp instruments; the exclusion of breakable glass syringes; and the accessibility of resuscitation equipment in all rooms in order to avoid direct mouth-to-mouth contact.
(17) Dr. LeRoy B. Garbe, radiologist, evaluates these findings in the cases presented.
(18) Bald, jovial, worldly, ferociously bright but genial towards those within the fractious Church of England who disagree with him, his favourite form of garb is jeans and T-shirt.
(19) During 1982 and 1983 college commencement ceremonies, a tally was made of students who displayed personal adornment in addition to their traditional academic garb.
(20) Entertainment Weekly’s new issue offers choice details on Adam Driver ’s Kylo Ren, while the web has also given us a (rather unofficial and likely to be removed quick-sharp by Disney) look at Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker in full Jedi garb.