Articles of category "Show costumes"

Seen as an integral element of contemporary Western culture, costume shows and fancy dress parties imply using special costumes dedicated to a particular occasion. These enjoy the widest popularity in the United States around Halloween with a number of adults and teenagers attending costume parties. A number of such parties are arranged during the Carnival season, like Mardi Gras.

Following the growth of modern industry in the late XVIII century, a large number of Western countries have seen the rise of new major cities in Australia, America and Europe, as huge amounts of migrants moved from rural areas to the developed cities. This massive urbanization, in combination with new technologies and improvements in many spheres of life, provided the bases of the modern popular culture.