Costuming and Its Relation to the Individual

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2017-02-14
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Gardner, Marion
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Have you ever noticed the "costuming" of cartoon comic supplement characters?. Indeed! who would wear such clothes? The lanky Andy Gump who wears a "No man's collar" is ridiculously garbed for his campaign. His Prince Albert, vividly striped trousers and inevitable "stove pipe" elongate his gaunt figure. To complete the picture, there is a three-inch collar which almost interferes with his hearing. The names of Mutt and Jeff recall similar exaggeration of physical peculiarities by costuming,

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