noun
- a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, especially for theatrical productions
Usage: primarily British
Examples
- The theater hired a professional costumier for the period drama.
- She worked as a costumier in London’s West End for twenty years.
- The costumier created elaborate Victorian gowns for the production.
- Local drama groups often rent from the same costumier.
- The costumier’s shop was filled with masks, wigs, and vintage clothing.
- He apprenticed under a master costumier to learn the trade.