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Elaine Mami – In Remembrance

Elaine Mami – In Remembrance

by Tina Connell and Byron Connell | Apr 26, 2025 | articles, International Costumer

When Elaine Mami passed away in 2025, the Sick Pups lost one of their founders. Elaine and her husband, Carl, were among the eleven weird but talented costumers who banded together to create the Sick Pups, more formally known as the New Jersey-New York Costumers’...
Revision of ICG Governing Documents Approved at 2025 ICG Annual Meeting

Revision of ICG Governing Documents Approved at 2025 ICG Annual Meeting

by Leslie Johnston | Apr 14, 2025 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized

There was a long recognized need for a restructuring of both the Standing Rules and the Bylaws, as well as some revision to bring both documents in line with best practices for governing documents. As allowed by the laws of Maryland where the ICG is incorporated, new...
Happy Anniversary, ICG!

Happy Anniversary, ICG!

by Philip Gust | Jul 14, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized

The International Costumers’ Guild has an anniversary in 2024. Which anniversary is part of the story behind the ICG’s founding. Here is a brief summary of how the ICG came to be, and some of the milestones that lead up to it. In November 1983, a group of...
What Is the Marty Gear Fund?

What Is the Marty Gear Fund?

by Byron Connell | Jun 1, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized

The Marty Gear Costuming Arts & Sciences Fund is an International Costumers’ Guild program to provide grants in support of projects by ICG members that advance the art and science of costuming and benefit costumers in general or in specific groups. These are...
St. Louis Costumers Guild Painted Lady Award

St. Louis Costumers Guild Painted Lady Award

by Bruce Mai | May 4, 2024 | articles, International Costumer

The dictionary defines art as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” An artist must make a leap...
Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada’s Moosie Award

Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada’s Moosie Award

by Eric Cannon and Jacqui Ward | Mar 9, 2024 | articles, International Costumer

It all started at Costume-Con 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a number of first-timers from Canada attended the convention. After the Science Fiction and Fantasy Masquerade awards ceremony, a number of the first-timers asked why the funniest entry didn’t...
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