28/10/2026
Not sure what to wear for Halloween? Here is some inspiration from the spooky vaults of our collection of historical garments, the John Bright Collection at Cosprop.
This 1920’s boy’s home-made fancy dress costume has been designed, like so many others of the time, in the vein of characters from the Italian theatrical tradition of Commedia del’ Arte, particularly recalling that of Pulcinella with his sinister face mask, pointed hat and ruffled collar.
The body of the garment is of white cotton, possibly a worn sheet, scattered with red cotton stars sewn on with white machine stitching; the boy’s head and the man in the moon have been embroidered in red and black thread.
Barbara Kloos Cosprop