costumes Archives — Colossal

A gif from a short film about Silvesterchlausen in Switzerland, featuring a man in a costume with huge bells and a headdress dancing with snowy mountains in the background

A Short Film Joins the Timeless Swiss Masked Tradition of Silvesterchlausen

March 26, 2026

a photograph by Gerwyn Davies of a brightly colored abstract costume obscuring the top half of his body in a blue-painted skatepark

Gerwyn Davies’ Vivid Costumed Photographs Toy with the Intent of Portraiture

November 7, 2025

a photograph by Navneet Jayakumar of an elaborate ceremonial outfit worn by a performer for Theyyam, in Kerala, India

In India, Navneet Jayakumar Documents the Ancient, Elaborate Custom of Theyyam

November 5, 2025

a sculptural metal duck by Paolo Puck

Paolo Puck Imagines a World Called Fliffmellington and Its Uncanny Artifacts

October 8, 2025

an elaborate costume worn by a performer on stage

Cultural Narratives and Craft Converge in the 2025 World of WearableArt Competition

September 22, 2025

a still from a video titled "A Ffern Fairytail" featuring children in flower costumes and one tall costume of a "frost queen"

Celebrating Spring in ‘A Ffern Fairytale,’ Children Imagine Quirky Characters

August 11, 2025

several embracing costumed figures with all-over outfits of fabric flowers

Spirituality, Nature, and Performance Converge in Victoria Ruiz’s Vibrant Photographs

July 15, 2025

a fast gif of three dancers in modernist costumes

Enjoy the Brilliant Ballet that Brought Dance to the Bauhaus Movement

March 3, 2025

a square-format oil painting featuring a child wearing red and facing away from the viewer into a forest

Masks and Make-Believe: Children Traverse ‘Paper Stories’ in José Luis Ceña’s Paintings

November 26, 2024

in the forest, two figures wear matching red garments reminiscent of dog stinkhorn mushrooms.

Spawning in Forests, Figures Pose as Human-Sized Fungi

October 31, 2024

a photograph of a person standing next to a motorbike, wearing a handmade costume made from white plastic yarn, with woven arms and legs and a torso-head design that resembles coral textures

Mulyana Transforms Plastic Yarn and Netting into Arresting Ocean Textures

October 16, 2024

a group of five costumed figures in a field with hills in the background, wearing elaborately made, sculptural outfits with emblems of birds, faces, and other shapes

Across Rural Europe, Ashley Suszczynski Photographs Remarkable and Ancient Masked Traditions

August 26, 2024

Elaborate Personas Spring to Life During Carnival in ‘We the Spirits’ by Jason Gardner

December 12, 2023

In ‘Microcosmos,’ Roberto de la Torre Photographs the Elaborate Masked Characters of Northern Spain’s Entroidos

July 18, 2023

In the World of WearableArt, 88 Dramatic Garments Grace the Stage in a Spectacular Performance

November 8, 2022

Photographer Stéphan Gladieu Documents the Congolese Street Children Turning Waste into Wonder

September 2, 2022