by Philip Gust | Dec 11, 2025 | articles, Features
The Costume-Con 2026 Virtual Competitions are now accepting entries for the Future Fashion Show, Single Pattern Competition, and Doll Competition. The upcoming holiday season is a great time to start planning your entries. The virtual competitions will take place on...
by Kevin Roche | Oct 29, 2025 | articles, International Costumer
Note: this item is a personal opinion piece. Events described are as I experienced them. This year I was thrilled as its creator to be invited to run a Single Pattern Contest for the Seattle in 2025 Worldcon. I was looking forward to running a costume event early in...
by ICG Archives | Oct 26, 2025 | articles
The ICG Archives has begun the process of transferring the masquerade videos on DVD and digital files held in the Archives onto the new M-Disk media that (supposedly) will last at least 100 years. It’s been a long time since there has been an inventory of what has...
by Kevin Roche | Sep 29, 2025 | articles, Uncategorized
I was saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend Christina M. O’Halloran. While many people knew her from SF fandom and costuming, I was forever being amazed at the many many communities I unexpectedly shared with her, and at her deep and heartfelt...
by ICG PR Committee | Sep 28, 2025 | articles
The Resources for Chapters and SIGs page on the ICG website (https://costume.org/wp/resources-for-chapters-and-sigs/) provides resources to help ICG Chapters and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) get started, run their organization, and connect with new members and...
by Maral Agnerian | Sep 25, 2025 | articles
When Costume-Con was cancelled this year, I honestly hadn’t put any thought into what would happen with the ICG Lifetime Achievement Award. It hadn’t occurred to me at all that I might be in the running, so I was totally blindsided when friends notified me that I’d...
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