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Organizations for Costumers

The International Costumer's Guild (ICG)

• International Costumers Guild Home Page
• Beyond Reality Costumers Guild Northwest
• Chicagoland Costumers Guild
• Costumer's Guild of Western Pennsylvania
• Dallas-Fort Worth Costumers Guild
• Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada
• Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild (GCFCG)
• Greater Delaware Valley Costumer's Guild
• New Jersey/New York Costumers Guild (The Sick Pups)
• Northern Lights Costumers' Guild (Greater New England)
• St. Louis Ubiquitous Tailoring Society (SLUTS)
• The South-Eastern Costumers' Society (The SECS Fiends)
• Silicon Web Costumers' Guild (Online)
• Southwest Costumers Guild
• Utah Costumers Guild

Other Groups

• Cosplay/Anime
  • Cosplay/Anime Costume and Masquerade Links
  • David's Costume Gallery Index
• Australian Costumers Guild
• Costume Guild UK
• The Costume Society of America
• Costumer's Guild West
• Greater Portland Area Costumers Guild
• Historical Re-Enactment
  • Roman & Early Middle Ages
    • The Grey Company
    • Dagorhir Battle Games
    • Legio X Gemina Homepage
  • Medieval & Renaissance
    • IG Wolf e.V.
    • Montagu's Regiment of Foote, English Civil War Society
    • The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)
  • North American Frontier & Old West
    • The Northwest Brigade Club
    • The Shadows of the Past, Inc.
  • U.S. Civil War
    • American Civil War Association - A California Reenactment Organization
    • The Civil War Reenactors Home Page
  • Fantasy Gaming/LARP
    • Dichotomy - The NERO/LARP Index
  • Other Period Groups & Information
    • Mixed Pickles Vintage Dance Co.
    • Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society, Inc. (PEERS)
    • The Ring of Steel - Ann Arbor - Theatrical Combat Club
    • The Royal Chessmen Stage Combat Group
    • The Site for Georgian, Regency and Victorian Research
    • Spanish Colonial American Living History Organizations
  • See also: More Places to Look — Historical Costume Resource Lists
• Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps
• Mascots & Furry Costuming:
  • FURSUIT - The Furry Costume Information Exchange
• Young Embroiderers (UK)

Costumers Online

• Ben and Cheryl's Costume Pages
• Castle Blood
• costume design and creation (Heather Meadows)
• The Costumer's Manifesto (Tara Maginnis)
• Eleanor M. Farrell
• Hawkeswood Productions - Betsy's Pages - Costuming
• Hulaman's Running Costume Page
• Julie Zetterberg
• Kerry's TV Lycra Page
• Kevin's Costume Photo Album - Kevin Roche
• Milieux Costume Pictures (Lauren Podolak)
• The Page of Payne's Magykes
• Susan and Ken Reed's Life, Universe & Everything
• Glass Nebula (Joy Day)
• See also: Sources of Costumes & Accessories — Other Specialty Costumers

Events & Conventions for Costumers

CostumeCons & Costume Colleges

• Upcoming:
• Costume-Con.com
  
  
  • Costume-Con 26, April 25-28 2008, San Jose, California
  • Costume-Con 27, 2009, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Costume-Con 28, 2010, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Costume-Con 29, 2011, New Jersey (bid)
  • Costume-Con 30, 2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (bid)

• Past:
• Costume-ConNections
  • Costume-Con 25, March 29-April 2, 2007, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Costume-Con 24, May 26-29, 2006 - Des Moines, Iowa
    • Costume-Con 24 - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 23, April 29-May 2, 2005 - Ogden, Utah
    • Costume-Con 23 - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 22, April 2-5, 2004 - Atlanta, Georgia - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 21, April 18-21, 2003 - Skokie, Illinois - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 20, February 15-18, 2002, Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 19, May 25-28, 2001, Calgary, Alberta - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 18, May 26-29, 2000, Hartford, Connecticut - Visual Archive
  • CostumeCon XVII, Feb 12-15, 1999, Cherry Hill, New Jersey - Visual Archive
  • CostumeCon 16, April 3-6, 1998, Holiday Inn Westport, Westport, Missouri - Visual Archive
  • CostumeCon 15, May 23-26, 1997, Baltimore, Maryland - Visual Archive
  • CostumeCon 14, May 23-27, 1996, Seattle, Washington - Visual Archive
    • CostumeCon 14 Report, by Eleanor M. Farrell
  • Costume-Con 13, May 26-29, 1995, Toronto, Ontario - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 12, Feb 18-21, San Jose, California - Visual Archive
  • Costume Con 11, February 12-15, 1993, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Visual Archive
    • Costume Con 11 — Photos by Jamii Corley
  • Costume-Con 10, May 22-25, 1992, Lincoln, Nebraska - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 9, February 15-18, 1991, Columbia, Maryland - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 8, February 16-19, 1990, Ontario, California - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 7, May 26-29, 1989, Albany, New York - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 6, Feb 12-16, 1988, San Jose, California - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 5, May 22-25, 1987, New Brunswick, New Jersey - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 4, May 23-26, 1986, Pasadena, California - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 3, May 24-27, 1985, Columbia, Maryland - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 2, April 13-15, 1984, San Diego, California - Visual Archive
  • Costume-Con 1, January 14-16, 1983, San Diego, California - Visual Archive

World Science Fiction Conventions and North American Science Fiction Conventions

• Upcoming:
  • Nippon 2007, Yokohama, Japan, August 30-September 3, 2007
  • Denvention 3, Denver, Colorado, August 6-10, 2008
• Past:
  • L.A.con IV, Los Angeles, California, August 23-27, 2006
  • Cascadia Con (NASFiC), Seattle, Washington, September 1-5, 2005
  • Interaction, Glasgow, Scotland, August 4-8, 2005 - Masquerade
  • Noresascon Four, Boston, Massachusetts, September 2-6, 2004 - Masquerade
  • Torcon, Toronto, Ontario, August 28 - September 1, 2003
    • Torcon - Masquerades & Costumes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
  • ConJose, San Jose, California, August 29 - September 2, 2002
    • ConJose: Masquerade Photos
  • Millenium Philcon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 30 - September 3, 2001
    • Millenium Philcon: Masquerade Winners
  • Chicon 2000, Chicago, Illinois, August 31 - September 4, 2000
    • Chicon 2000: Masquerade Winners
  • Aussiecon Three, Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, 1999
  • Conucopia (NASFiC), Anaheim, California, August 26-29, 1999: Masque
    • Conucopia: Masquerade Photos
  • BucConeer, Baltimore, Maryland, August 5-8, 1998
    • Bucconeer Masquerade
    • Bucconeer Masquerade Photos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
    • BucCONeer - Masquerades & Costumes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
  • LoneStarCon2, San Antonio, Texas, August 28-September 1, 1997
  • L.A.con III, Anaheim, California, August 29-September 2, 1996
    • L.A.con III - Masquerades & Costumes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
  • ConFrancisco, San Francisco, 1993
  • MagiCon, Orlando, Florida, 1992 (1) (2) (3)
  • Noreascon 3, Boston, 1989 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
    • Noreascon Three Masquerade Video
  • Chicon V, Chicago, 1991
  • Nolacon 2, New Orleans, 1988
  • Conspiracy, Brighton, England, 1987
  • ConFederation, Atlanta, 1986 (1) (2) (3)
  • Seacon '79, 1979 (1) (2) (3)
  • SunCon, 1977 (1) (2)
  • Torcon 2, 1973
  • LA Con I, 1972 (1) (2)
  • St. Louiscon, 1969 (1) (2)
  • Tricon, 1966
  • Loncon II, 1965
  • Pacificon II, 1963 (1) (2) (3)
  • Discon I, 1963
  • Seacon, 1961
  • Pittcon, 1960
  • Detention, 1959
  • Solacon, 1958
  • NYCon 11, 1956
  • Clevention, 1955
  • SFCon, 1954
  • NorWesCon, 1950
  • Pacificon 1, 1946
  • NYcon 1, 1939 - Forrest J. Ackerman in futuristic garb

Renaissance Faires

• The Renaissance Faire (Renaissance Entertainment Corporation)
• Welcome to the Renaissance Faire

Other Period Events

• Newport Vintage Dance Week
• Victorian Events Calendar

Carnival, Mardi Gras, & Such

• Carnaval, Brasil
  • Ala amar é Viver - Carnaval (in Portuguese)
  • Brazilian Culture: Carnaval
  • CyberCarnaval
• Carnevale, Venice
  • The Carnival (Venice)
  • Carnival in Venice, February '93
  • Carnival of Venice
  • Carnival of Venice
  • Doge of Venice - Carnival — Calendar
  • Venice Carnevale - nationalgeographic.com
• Mardi Gras, New Orleans
  • ICorp's Carnival New Orleans
  • Mardi Gras Indians
  • Welcome to da Mardi Gras
• Other Celebrations & Information
  • How to dress like a Fiestero (Santa Barbara, California)
  • Junkanoo In The Bahamas
  • New York's Village Halloween Parade
  • www.CARNAVAL.com

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