International Costumers’ Guild, Inc.
A U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational organization
The ICG is an affiliation of hobbyist and professional costumers, dedicated to the promotion and education of costuming as an art form in all its aspects.
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2019 ICG Lifetime Achievement Award
On Friday evening at Costume-Con 37 in Danvers Massachusetts, ICG President Marianne Pease presented the 2019 ICG Lifetime Achievement Award to Carol Salemi.

2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Group Photo
This portrait by Steward Hartman was taken at Costume-Con 36 following the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award presentation. It includes 2018 recipient Elaine Mami, and the past LAA recipients who helped present the award that evening.

2018 ICG President’s and Lifetime Achievement Awards
At halftime for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Masquerade at Costume-Con 36, ICG President Marianne Pease presented three President’s Awards and the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA).

New ICG Website Goes Live!
I am very excited to announce that the new ICG website is now online. Thanks to the ICG web team for their hard work over the last two years, including Jacalyn Boggs, Andrew Assarattanakul, and Susan Toker. I also want to recognize Kathe Gust for proofreading every page and making corrections, and ICG President Marianne Pease for her continued encouragement and support.
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ICG Annual Meeting is April 25, 2021 via Zoom!
The 2021 ICG Annual Meeting is scheduled via Zoom meeting for Noon (PDT) on Sunday, April 25, 2021 Pre-registration by Friday April 23 is required to allow membership validation. Members may register via this link...
New cos-chat@costume.org community forum!
WIth the demise of Yahoogroups, the ICG has finally established our new GoogleGroup-based replacement for ICG-D, cos-chat@costume.org . This moderated chat group is sponsored by the International Costumers Guild (ICG), but you do not need to be an ICG member to...
The March April edition of the International Costumer is available for download!
The March-April 2021 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is now available, featuring from the President's Desk February 2021: Annual Meeting, New Cos-Chat Googlegroup, RIP Jan Price From the editor: a brief history...
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