Fairy Tales / Geographical Costumes
The brothers Grimm wrote many fairy tales, and most are depicted by costumes of their country of origin (Germany) at the time they penned their works. Usually, these costumes are peasant costumes of the period. Hansel and Gretel come to mind. Sometimes royalty serves well. How many Princesses are there out there?
There are some fairy tale costumes that don’t necessarily fit a period or geographical location, though; such as ‘Red Riding Hood’. Of course, a wolf as in the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ is common to many countries and many periods in history. And Beasts abound throughout history.
But not all geographical costumes need to be from fairy tales. Some can be taken from movies or a Broadway show, like “Sayonara” or “Sound of Music”.
Some don’t have to be associated with anything at all. Just pick a country, any country, and adapt a costume. If you are Scottish, then a kilt, shirt, and sporran might be just the costume you want to wear to your Halloween costume party. Some clothing costumes are indigenous to countries and locales such as a Muumuu costume from Africa, or a hula skirt from Hawaii.
Again, geography, history, movies and theatre and literature can be intermixed. The possibilities are endless.