摘要：Carnival clothing is one form of artists’ creativities in fine art, created in various functions. Thosefunctions are viewed based on utility value and the purpose that consistently are embedded in an art work. Inaddition, several functions of carnival clothing were constructed on the basis of social and cultural conditionsthat are effective in a certain place. Each and every type of clothing raises perception to everyone else who seesit. Promotion of fashion style and industry through carnival clothing results in diverse perceptions acceptable tothe viewers. Audience’s perceptions are also not apart from the key functions, social ones, and the physical onesof those carnival clothings themselves. Those three functions are the common ones of each art work created ascommunication tool with everyone else. The carnival clothings are communication tools of the fashion designerto the customers, communication between one customer and another one. On the carnival clothing there are alsosources of knowledge science, history, technology, and many other explainable meanings. Through carnivalclothings, the detectable issues in physical and non-physical structures are identifiable as well as they play roleas the space to make more exploration on the dynamics of a community culture. This article aims to answer thefunctions of carnival clothing, using aesthetic approach, through the theory of clothing functions Roland Barthesand Edmund Burke Feldman’s art functions
关键词：carnival clothing; cosplay; physical structure; art work
