When I donned my costume in the office bathroom, I was already sweating.

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Last year, I tried to turn my Wall Street Journal into my costume, but it kept ripping and my Halloween cohorts thought it was lame.

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I'm impressed by my costume.

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And the two of them couldn't resist dressing my daughter Kitty in the full traditional Sami woman's costume of reindeer leather and embroidered hat.

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And this morning, when I received a video in my inbox of Stephen Colbert, testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration in full conservative blowhard costume, the uneasiness settled right back in.

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Shot on location in Versailles, "Farewell, My Queen, " which opens this weekend, is rich in sartorial detail with a daily costume, wig and makeup routine that required nearly two hours and two assistants to complete.

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