22 Metaphors for costuming

The costume of the men was a raccoon-skin cap, linsey hunting-shirt, buck-skin leggings and moccasons, with a butcher-knife in the belt.

Lesbia's Chaumount costume was a success.

Except for the more severe state uniform and the rarer uniform of National troops, eccentric costumes were the rule.

Their costume, which is highly picturesque, is always a striking feature, and adds much to the brilliancy of the display.

The second costume was a tight-fitting silver bodice with a fluff of green skirt underneath.

I do go to church, and the proper church costume for a professional man is a frock coat and silk hat.

His morning costume was an ample dressing-gown of gorgeously flowered silk, and his morning was very apt to last all day.

The entire costume was a present from the King of the French.

ROBERT'S costume is a navvy's, the knees tied With string.]

The costume was a sham and a pretence.

I have never entertained a guest more cheerfully, or one by whose presence I felt more honored; yet the traveling costume was a short calico dress, strong leather shoes and blue woolen stockings, visible below the dress, a gingham sunbonnet and double-bordered cap tied under her chin.

Her white serge costume was mud from head to foot, her hat was squashed out of shape, and even her poor face bore traces of contact with the Red Road.

The full-dress costume of the ladies was a great surprise to my little granddaughter Nora.

The beach is private, and a bathing costume is rather a rarity.

She rejoiced in a profusion of brown ringlets, and her costume was pretty and quaint,a dainty chemisette, barred with narrow bands of velvet, as though she had gone to Switzerland, or the South of Italy, for the sentiment of her bodice,sleeves quaintly puffed and "slashed,"the ample skirt looped up with rosettes and natty little ends of ribbon; her feet beneath her petticoat, "like little mice," stole out, "as if they feared the light."

But their costumes were not half as gay as those worn by some of the gentlemen guests.

This costume, worn by Mrs. Lucy M. Bennett of Petersburg, Illinois, has been a familiar attraction at old settlers' gatherings in Menard County, for years.

Perhaps, indeedfor the apparel does not always proclaim the man, and the Eaglet was no Hamlet in the matter of his clothesher rather striking costumes were a source of too much distraction.

The costume that, when worn by the woman, expressed so fully her true character; in the picture, became the emblem of a pure and deeply religious spirit.

My costume was, if not becoming, at any rate original: high boots, flannel trousers, and shirt, an evening dress-coat, and astrakhan cap.

Every sport has its own appropriate costume, and the costume is not the result of arbitrary choice, but of natural selection; if we hunt, fish, or play any outdoor game, sooner or later we find ourselves dressing like our associates.

The best costume for shopping is a simple but effective suit, cut in plain lines, either square or crosswise, and buttoned wherever there are button-holes.

22 Metaphors for  costuming