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Making & Wearing Costumes - Organizations for Costumers; Events and Conventions for Costumers

This section of The Costume Page contains sites for and about those people who make (and sometimes wear) costumes. The sites include organizations to join, personal pages of costumers (amateur and professional), and events which you can attend in costume, or go to learn about costume.
In addition to the sites listed below, the Instructions page includes information on how to construct costumes and accessores, and schools and classes where costume arts are taught.

The International Costumer's Guild | Other Groups | Costumers Online
CostumeCons & Costume Colleges | World Science Fiction Conventions
Renaissance Faires | Other Period Events | Carnival, Mardi Gras, & Such

Organizations for Costumers

The International Costumer's Guild (ICG)

• International Costumers Guild Home Page
• Armed Costumers Guild
• Beyond Reality Costumers Guild (Pacific Northwest)
• Chicagoland Costumers Guild
• Costumer's Guild of Western Pennsylvania
• Denver Costume & Cosplay Society
• Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada
• Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild (GCFCG)
• Greater Delaware Valley Costumer's Guild
• Kansas City Costumers Guild
• Middle Tennessee Costumers Guild
• New Jersey/New York Costumers Guild (The Sick Pups)
• Northern Lights Costumers' Guild (Greater New England)
• St. Louis Ubiquitous Tailoring Society (SLUTS)
• Silicon Web Costumers' Guild (Online)
• The South-Eastern Costumers' Society (The SECS Fiends)
• 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

Costume-Cons & Costume Colleges

• Upcoming:
• Costume-Con.com
  • Costume-Con 26, Adventures in the Costume Continuum, April 25-28, 2008">
  • 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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