by Philip Gust | Sep 12, 2025 | articles
Future Fashion, Single Pattern, and Doll competitions normally take place at in-person Costume-Cons. With the cancellation of Costume-Con 43 in 2025, the co-directors for the Future Fashion competition, Sandy and Pierre Pettinger, and the co-directors for the Single...
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’...
by Leslie Johnston | Apr 14, 2025 | articles, International Costumer
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...
by Philip Gust | Jul 14, 2024 | articles, International Costumer
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...
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...
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...
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