Lexic.us

Definition of Costume designer

1. Noun. Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Costume Designer

Literary usage of Costume designer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Instructive Costume Design by Emil Alvin Hartman (1922)
"Let it be understood that a costume designer is not a sort of superhuman creature who possesses an unusual faculty for creating unusual styles. ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"The sources to which the costume designer goes for inspiration or suggestion, ... the costume designer often goes straight to Mother Nature for inspiration. ..."

3. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"I have often heard a costume designer complain at the dress rehearsal that the color of the scenery was damaging to the color scheme of his costumes. ..."

4. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1916)
"course, however, unexpected talent in representation is discovered, and the intended costume designer becomes the fashion illustrator. ..."

5. Costume Design and Illustrationby Ethel Traphagen by Ethel Traphagen (1918)
"It is still comparatively seldom that the costume designer or illustrator does much with textile designing, the field being considered somewhat apart, ..."

6. Art in Industry by Charles Russell Richards (1922)
"Seven of these are painters, one a sculptor, one an architect, one a decorative designer and one a costume designer. For a number of years a commercial ..."

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