This research was based on the research and experience that preceded the development of the fashion collection made by the author, entitled “Habite-me” (2015), developed during the Reality Show Desafio Brasil Fashion, already shown on Fashion TV and Lifetime channels. , which had as its central reference the fictional story of Caroline, one of the “women of Maria Boa” and her meeting with an American army officer in Rio Grande do Norte in the 1940s. The general objective of the research is to document the history of the costumes used by women in cabarets throughout history, especially the costumes used by the legendary Maria Boa, so that this study can serve as an iconographic reference for professionals linked to the area of costume and fashion, as well as for the making of Maria Boa's wardrobe, outlining the expository part of this research. Among the authors studied in this research, the studies by Prof. Dr. Fausto Viana (ECA/USP), gathered in the book “O Traje de Cena como Documento”, which deals with the concept of documentary attire. This is a qualitative and documentary research, in which Maria Boa's costumes will be reproduced, documented and used as costumes for audiovisual and theatrical productions. In this sense, the project will subsidize the scientific knowledge of the costume research work, as a document and its intrinsic importance for the scenic production.