by Kevin Roche | Mar 13, 2024 | From the President's Desk, International Costumer, News
The annual General Meeting of the membership will be held at Costume-Con 42, in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, March 29, 2024. The Board of Directors meeting will be held at 9:00AM MT and recess at 10.15AM. The General Meeting starts at at 10:30AM. Afterward, the Board...
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...
by Jeanine Swick | Mar 1, 2024 | articles, International Costumer, Uncategorized
The ICG is an affiliation of local and regional organizations who have joined the ICG as chapters. Anyone who joins one of these chapters can also become an ICG member by paying the ICG membership dues. Many chapters support the ICG by including ICG membership in...
by Kathe Gust and Philip Gust | Feb 16, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
In March 2022, the Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild Board voted to reconstitute the “Dreamcatcher” award and rename it to honor the life of Dana Rae MacDermott, a founding member. The award is now known as the “Dana Rae MacDermott Memorial...
by Byron Connell | Feb 15, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
The Spazzy is the Sick Pups’ award for the sickest humor in a masquerade. It is named for Spaz, our mascot. It takes the form of an award certificate and an award ribbon with three tails and an image of Spaz at the center of the rosette. Two of the tails have canine...
by Patrick O'Connor | Feb 13, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
The Chicagoland Costumers’ Guild gives an occasional award at Masquerades for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming. Its inspiration dates back to the gangland days of Al Capone and the Chicago Mob and is composed of a Barbie, in a flapper outfit, with her feet...
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