elaborate costumes
Intricate theatrical garments
Elaborate costumes are outfits designed with exceptional detail, ornamentation, or complexity—the kind that require significant time, skill, or resources to create.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from theater productions to Halloween celebrations to historical reenactments: The dancers wore elaborate costumes covered in sequins and feathers.
What counts as elaborate depends on context—a Renaissance faire costume might seem elaborate next to street clothes but plain beside Broadway wardrobes.
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- period dramaStory set in past
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
rhinestones · ballgown · headdress · pageantry · red carpet · ball gown · velvet · brocade · carnival · corseted · beaded · ornate · glamorous · drag · drag queen · couture · haute couture · opera
- Masqueradesmasquerade, masquerade ball, masquerade balls, masquerade mask, masquerade masks
- Rio Carnivalsamba, samba school, samba schools, Rio Carnival, samba parade
- Baroque Theatrestage machinery, Racine, masque, scenic design, theatrical spectacle
- Masquesmasques, Inigo Jones, Whitehall, scenic design, stage machinery
- Visual Keihide, Versailles, teased hair, platform boots, visual aesthetics
- Japanese theaterkabuki, noh, bunraku, Bunraku, kyogen
elaborate costumesstreet clothes
Ordinary daily attire
casual wear · loungewear · plainclothes · athleisure · work clothes
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