The discussion on the costume and its various categories can easily throw a glimpse of a country's culture and tradition. in literal sense, the word costume refers to attires or a distinctive style of dressing of a specific class of people in a particular period. it refers to the creative array of accessories in a picture, statue, poem, or play. It should be apt for particular time, place or other situations. Costume also denote those special attires that a person wears to embellish his beauty and glory during social event like masquerade, a or in an arty dramatic concert.


costume can be categorized into broad groups and these are as follows:-


Theatrical costumes: this type of costume is seen in movies, plays and dramatic performances.  Theatrical costume is seen in movies, play and dramatic performances. Theatrical costume nicely portrays varied aspects of the personality of the character that an artist wants to depict, such as profession, class belonging, gender etc. informations regarding the time period, geographical location etc too can be emphasized with the help of costume designing.


National costume: it is also known as regional costume, thus communicating special traits of any culture. It is also linked to the pride of any nation. to cite examples, a japanese can be acknowledged by its kimono while Scotsman is recognized by its 'kilt'.