Types of Costumes: Traditional, Minimalism, and Avant Garde

Aside from Spore’s three functions, there are also different kinds of costumes.  According Theatre Professor Lou Fossum of California State Polytechnic University of Pomona, there are traditional, minimalism, and Avant Garde costumes.   
Traditional costumes refer to the appropriate time period, much like Spore’s idea of reflect.  The idea, again, is that the clothing worn by the actors are matching the time period being portrayed in the play. For instance, if a play is set in the 1920's, the actors and actresses should be wearing the appropriate clothing that people from the 1920s would have worn, as shown below. 

1920's appropriate time period costume http://smocblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/img_0589.jpg

 
Minimalism costumes a generally used in productions that would rather focus on the play itself and not the clothing.  Typically the actor would be wearing all black where the costume is not supposed to stand out.   


 

Minimalistic Theatre costumes: actors wearing all black http://pegasusnews.com/media/img/photos/2012/09/17/thumbs/the_7.JPG.728x520_q85.jpg

 And finally, Avant Garde is almost entirely opposite of minimalism.  The costumes are taken to extreme measures and stand out.  The costumes are innovative and are meant to pay respect to art. The photo below displays how extreme avant garde costumes can be.