Everyone knows about getting dressed up on Purim - it's part and parcel of the holiday. The first mention of this is the 15th century Italian Posek R. Moshe Mintz who responded in a teshuvah (תשובות מהר"י מינץ סי' י"ז) that it is not a problem for men to dress as women and vice versa on Purim being that it's only done for the festivities.
The Rama brought popularity to this minhag by including it in his glosses to Shulchan Aruch (רמ"א סי' תרצ"ו ס"ח). The Rama didn't stop there:
"I heard a story about the Rama that he died at age 33 years old, on the 33rd day of the Omer, and he wrote 33 books. The one eulogizing him recounted 32 praises and was troubled that he couldn't find another praise to complete the number to 33. A certain elderly man came and related to him that the Rama was accustomed to to wear a mask and a costume every Purim and would shout out to every house that 'Ma'ariv is on time.' This was his 33rd praise."
לב העברי (שליזנגר) עמוד ד אות ג
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