Member Profiles

Ann Catelli (Northern Lights Costumers' Guild) Ann Catelli blames a much younger and more romantic self for her involvement in costuming. She made her third doll a 'fairy tale princess.' She was thirteen. She knew how to use the library, so she read the costume history section at her library, and then the section in a neighboring city's library. She never stopped.
She met the technical crowd at the end of Noreascon Three, and got involved in the convention masquerade side of costuming. At Costume-Con 11, she first worked as a stage ninja.
She has two stage masquerade awards for groups that included her: at Costume-Con 22, they won a Master level award (& a Slattern), and at LACon IV, her group won a Master level award.

Phil Gust (Silicon Web Costumers' Guild) Philip Gust is editor of "The Virtual Costumer", Silicon Web Costumers' Guild's costuming magazine. He enjoys sci-fi and fantasy costuming, and is interested in props, special effects, and prosthetic makeup. He also costumes in historical periods, including Regency, Victorian, and early 20th C. He is a novice sewer with a fatal attraction to "difficult" fabrics. His favorite costume is King Theoden's battle armor from "Lord of the Rings." Phil teaches classes and writes articles on costuming, and participates in regional, national, and international masquerades in the Open Division. He has been a masquerade co-director, and a presentation and workmanship judge at regional masquerades. Visit the photo and video sections of his MySpace page, www.myspace.com/philgust to see some of the costumes he and his wife, Kathe, enjoy wearing.

Jeanine Swick (Silicon Web Costumers' Guild) Jeanine Swick (Lunenburg, MA) is ICG Treasurer and former SiW Secretary. Her grandmothers and mother taught her to make clothes for dolls and school at an early age. In Home-Ec, she made 3 piece suits while others figured out 3 piece patterns. She costumed in high school for theater, and later for her own teens. Her work is "period inspired" rather than historically accurate, incorporating her own creativity. She sells at regional renfaires, cons, SCA, and belly dance events. Visit Designs by J: www.woollycat.net.

Jan Price (Silicon Web Costumers' Guild) loves costuming in all forms and is especially fond of slightly twisted Ren Faire, fantasy, and Anime cosplay. She has held various administrative positions, including President, Recording Secretary, Event Coordinator and Board of Directors Representative for several Guild Chapters as well as serving multiple terms as ICG Vice President. Active in fan convention communities, she is the current Director of the Dragon*Con Parade which boasts over 2000 amazingly costumed participants and Operations Division Second for FanimeCon. She was the Vice Chair of CostumeCon 12 in Santa Clara California. She also maintains a membership in the Greater Columbia Fantasy Costumers Guild because one chapter membership is never enough.

Aurora Celeste (Silicon Web Costumers' Guild) Aurora Celeste (Oswego, NY) is a former President and former Vice President of SiW, and current Recording Secretary of ICG. SiW is her primary ICG membership but she maintains secondary memberships with Kansas City Costuming Guild and St. Louis Costumers' Guild. Her costuming interests are all over, but her passion is reproducing costumes, mostly sci-fi and fantasy movies and tv shows, anime and manga, and Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn character. Visit her web site: auroraceleste.livejournal.com.