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costumier

American  
[ko-stoo-mee-er, -styoo-, kaws-ty-myay] / kɒˈstu mi ər, -ˈstju-, kɔs tüˈmjeɪ /

noun

  • costumiers
    plural
  1. costumer.


costumier British  
/ kɒˈstjuːmə, kɒˈstjuːmɪə /

noun

  1. a person or firm that makes or supplies theatrical or fancy costumes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of costumier

From French; see origin at costume, -ier 2


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At a fancy-dress party on Mustique, she wore a Valkyrie outfit, hired for her by Colin Tennant from a Los Angeles costumier, and in it she mimed an aria from the Ring Cycle.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017

They have a UK origin, having been specially customised by famous London costumier Bermans & Nathans, whose 40 Camden Street address remains on a clothing tag.

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013

Martin Scorsese and Sandy Powell are another power couple of director and costumier.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2012

Nello Corsini, his slim figure habited in the garments which he had hired from a costumier in the neighbourhood of Wardour Street, followed these famous personages.

From The Intriguers by William Le Queux

And this colleen of mine, with her green cloak which she'd got from a theatrical costumier, represented a romantic ideal.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee

Catering to the needs of the numerous local seamstresses, costumiers, knitters, crocheteers and dressmakers, it thrived.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2022

Among them are costumiers hand-sewing tiny emerald green crystals onto a dancer's outfit.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2017

The atmosphere was often one of a family fete, with horse riding and circus sideshows, costumiers and storytelling.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2015

You suspect, however, that one supplementary profession still making healthy profits will be historical costumiers.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2012

Still they were expressly designed to afford valuable opportunities to the musical composer, to the ballet-dancers, mummers, posture-makers, and costumiers.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

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