Many companies allow, and even encourage employees to wear costumes.

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"Spent Days Out Yonder" (2000) is the palest of the run's offerings, from the colors of Liz Prince's casual-wear costumes to the flicked gesturing and hollow, parading pace of Mr. Jones's unmemorable choreography.

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Organizers encourage all pilots and crew to wear coordinating costumes to bolster the theme of the entry.

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Sesame Workshop, which owns the rights to Elmo, Cookie Monster and other stars of the long-running children's TV show, said it hasn't authorized any street performers to wear its costumes.

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And actors had to wear elaborate costumes well.

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Visitors are encouraged to wear their best fantasy costumes, accented with extreme makeup and, of course, body paint.

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Afterward, participants can keep the costumes they chose to wear.

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Byrne also said he was apprehensive about the costumes he would need to wear for the show.

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"When you wear the dress, you also wear it out, " says Pat Frost, director of textiles and costumes at Christie's.

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