# Securing costumes: fabric, light, and the question of who wore it

> Secure costumes: dark and breathing, check for moths, write the attribution on the list only with proof.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/kostueme-sammlung-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

A costume is fabric with an attribution. Without proof it is a dress. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) you store it like [Couture](/artikel/couture-textilien-sichern): dark, breathing, flat if it is heavy, with a moth check.

## The attribution

"Worn by" goes on the list only if a proof says so. Otherwise you write what you see: cut, label, condition. Invented closeness to a person is not a price an insurance policy replaces.

## If someone comes

Bulky. The damage is often light and moths, not the night. The one documented piece does not hang by the door. The papers sit in the document cabinet.


## Häufige Fragen

### On a hanger?

Only if the shoulder can take it. Heavy pieces lie flat.

### Attribution without paper?

Then it does not stand as a fact on the list.

### Moths?

Separate them at once.