wardrobe mistress

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wardrobe mistress

noun wardrobe mistresses

  1. A woman in charge of the procurement, maintenance, and inventory of the costumes and other clothing worn by performers. The wardrobe mistress from Wicked showed the kids where the nooks and crannies are hidden in the show's lavish costumes to allow the leading ladies to hang from ropes.

    Similar: costumer, costumier

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noun a woman in charge of maintaining a theatrical wardrobe

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@misc{wardrobe_mistress_2026,
  title = {wardrobe mistress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wardrobe%20mistress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}