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Mission Statement: The International Costumers' Guild, Inc., is an affiliation of amateur, hobbyist, and professional costumers dedicated to the promotion and education of costuming as an art form in all its aspects.



Tina Connell

Congratulations to
Tina Connell
2013 Lifetime Achievement
Award Recipient

Dawn McKechnie

Congratulations to
Dawn McKechnie
2013 Lifetime Achievement
Award Recipient

The ICG Officers are:

  • President: Philip Gust
  • Vice-President: Aurora Celeste
  • Treasurer: Jeanine Swick
  • Corresponding Secretary: Jan Price
  • Recording Secretary: Kathe Gust

Now you can make a tax-deductible donation to the ICG General Fund and the ICG Kennedy Archive and Photo Gallery Fund. Select here for more: Make a Donation

What's New?

See all past announcement on the ICG News page.

6/2/2013 -- ICG Recording Secretary Kathe Gust has posted the draft minutes of the 2013 ICG Annual Meeting, held on May 17th at Costume-Con 31 in Aurora, Colorado. These minutes, with any corrections she receives, will be proposed for approval at the 2014 ICG Annual Meeting. View the the agenda and muinutes here.

5/19/2013 -- ICG President Philip Gust presented two Lifetime Achievement Awards and three President's Awards following the Sci-Fi/Fantasy masquerade at Costume-Con 31. Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Tina Connell and Dawn McKechnie. Pierre Pettinger, Bruce Mai and Nora Mai received ICG President's awards, "For Extraordinary Service to ICG in Preserving and Sharing its History." See the announcement in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

5/18/2013 -- ICG President Philip Gust announced that the current ICG officers were re-elected at the 2013 Annual Meeting, to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting. See the announcement in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

5/17/2013 -- At the ICG Annual meeting today, ICG Recording Secretary Kathe Gust announced that the Costumer's Quarterly archive is now available. This archive contains digital facsimilies of Costumer's Quarterly magazine, published by ICG between 1987 and 2001. See a write-up of the annoucement in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

4/27/2013 -- ICG President Philip Gust announced the annual ICG members meetings that will take place at Costume-Con-31, and called on members who are not attending to fill out and send their proxies with another member who will be there. See the announcement in the ICG-D Yahoo Group

4/26/2013 -- May-June 2013 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is available, featuring an article on the ICG's Archive Roadshow and preview of what's in store at Costume-Con 31. Select here for more: The International Costumer

4/24/2013 -- ICG President Philip Gust has announced the appointment of three members to the ICG Communications and Public Relations Committee. See the full annoucment in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

3/1/2013 -- March-April 2013 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is available, featuring the next installment in a series on ICG Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Kevin Roche, 2007 recipient. Select here for more: The International Costumer

12/28/2012 -- January-February 2013 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is available, featuring a roundup of 2013 movies for costumers, a review of the "Styling an American Family: The 1910's" clothing exhibit at the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, and a look ahead to WesterCon 66. Select here for more: The International Costumer

11/22/2012 -- ICG President Philip Gust has announced the confirmation of Carole Parker as editor of ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer. See the full annoucment in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

11/18/2012 -- November-December 2012 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is available, featuring an interview with past ICG Lifetime Achievement Award winner Karen Schnaubelt, and a profile of the New Jersey-New York Costumers Guild! Select here for more: The International Costumer

10/18/2012 -- ICG President Philip Gust has announced the appointment of six members to the ICG Publications Committee. See the full annoucment in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

9/20/2012 -- September-October 2012 on-line edition of the ICG's newsletter, The International Costumer, is available, featuring coverage of the ChiCon 2012 masquerade winners! Select here for more: The International Costumer

9/1/2012 -- ICG President Philip Gust has announced the appointment of seven members to the ICG Technology and Web Committee. See the full annoucment in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

8/19/2012 -- ICG President Philip Gust has announced the appointment of three members to the ICG Budget and Finance Committee. See the full annoucment in the ICG-D Yahoo Group.

"Any competition that draws both entrants and audience from outside the host country can be considered an international competition. The ICG has voted to recognize the competitions at WorldCon, at Costume-Con and at Anime North. Information on official recognition is not within the scope of this document; for more information contact the ICG Corresponding Secretary (corr-secretary@costume.org)."





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