International Costumer Blog Posts
2024 ICG General Member and Board Meeting
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...
Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada’s Moosie Award
The Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada “Moose” award is presented to the non-Canadian costumer who we would like to see come up North and join in with our costuming community.
Focus on ICG Membership
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...
Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild DRaMMA Award
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 Award" (DRaMMA). It recognizes...
Spazzy Award of the New Jersey – New York Costumers’ Guild
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...
Chicagoland Costumers’ Guild’s Cement Overshoes Award
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...
Focus on Miss Lizzy’s Traveling Historical Fashion Show SIG
Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show is an ICG Special Interest Group (SIG) that was begun to study and preserve authentic Victorian and Edwardian clothing and artifacts, including photos and everything related to dress and sewing. It's intended to help us...
From the President’s Desk — February 2024
This winter we’ve been to PawCon and Furcon, and I’m currently in Boston as the Hal Clement Science Speaker (science GoH) at Boskone 61. Next weekend I will be in Los Angeles for Gallifrey One, and have been building a Tron:Legacy-inspired hall costume for that. I’m also deep into a build for the Historical Masquerade at Costume-Con 42.
Spring 2024 Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild Webinars
Register now for these Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild Presents webinars in the spring 2024 semester. There is no charge for these webinars, but space is limited, so register soon. Egyptomania: The impact of the Discovery of Ancient Egypt on Popular Culture – Feb. 25, 2024, Screen Accuracy Is a Myth! – Apr. 14, 2024
Focus on ICG Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Did you know that in addition to geographically-based chapters, the ICG also has Special Interest Groups (SIGs)? A SIG is an organization of ICG members with a common interest in a particular aspect or genre of costuming, without regard to the geographical location of...