costuming

[ kos-too-ming, -tyoo- ]

noun

1. material for costumes.
2. costumes collectively.
3. the act of furnishing or designing costumes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of costuming¹

First recorded in 1855–60; costume + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

With figure skating, since the men and women are doing the same elements on the very same ice, things like costuming, music choice and choreography became the way the distinctions between male and female, masculine and feminine are made.

From FiveThirtyEight

In the film, the costuming plays an important role in showing the narrative arcs of the characters.

From Time

Halloween is not a big holiday in Great Britain, Crawbuck says, at least when it comes to costuming.

From The Daily Beast

The vibrant choreography and lush costuming in one scene is juxtaposed by the stillness and bareness of the next.

From Essence.com

It’s bloody, epic in scope, and all the costuming is on point.

From Washington Post

There is a lot of elaborate make-up and costuming, and then a UFO arrives.

From The Daily Beast

The show was widely reported on for its eccentric costuming, and the episode translations.

From The Daily Beast

In Political Animals, clothes are not merely costuming; they are expressions of character motivation.

From The Daily Beast

And the costuming of the soft-focus heroine is feminine, maternal and homey.

From The Daily Beast

They might not have been wholly intellectual in their costuming, but their message was multilayered.

From The Daily Beast

All sports have their ethics and rules and their correct costuming.

From Project Gutenberg

These last are the most picturesque note as to costuming and colouring in all Venice to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

Lay aside this theatrical costuming of cavalry, of military step, &c., and it will be found that these meetings were lawful.

From Project Gutenberg

He played a great part in costuming, but, curiously enough, he could never play parts of what I call elemental picturesqueness.

From Project Gutenberg

Carefully Mrs. Phillips had made a study of every detail of Greek dancing and costuming.

From Project Gutenberg