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Actors in the Elizabethan era who performed Shakespeare's plays most commonly wore their everyday clothes and therefore it was more important for them to be good actors (in order to make their roles believable to the audience).
In modern times, costume is far more open to interpretation. Lots of theatre companies and film directors nowadays use elaborate costumes that mimic what the people in the time the play is set would have worn. Some filmmakers choose to not emulate the costumes of the Elizabethan era and instead dress their character in modern garb (for example Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet)
Interestingly, in the times of Shakespeare (the Elizabethan era) women were not allowed to perform in theatre companies. Instead, men with soft facial features (or pre-pubescent boys) dressed up as women in order to play these female roles.
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