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Carl Mami started out as a regular normal costumer: building
costumes, being a part
of others' groups, being politically active in the
hobby, the usual. But Carl is
a habitual collector. He wanted one of every
costume he saw for his very own. Luckily
for us, he chose to collect them
on video and as still photos. He traveled the world
to get whatever he
needed, paying his own way, pestering, cajoling and whatever else
it took,
to dust off old shoe boxes and scrapbooks to find his prey. It is the Guild
and
all costumers who reap the benefits, as what could have turned into
nothing more than
one guy's stamp collection in the basement, is now the
ICG Archives, and every effort
is made to preserve and share the art form
and its history with others.
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