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The International Costumers Guild (ICG) and Costume-Con®

The GCFCG is the founding chapter of the International Costumers’ Guild (ICG) (http://costume.org). The ICG was formed in 1985 to bring hobbyist and professional costumers from around the world together, and to foster local educational and social costume events. The ICG has chapters throughout North America and in cyberspace. The ICG website has Guidelines, Resources, Photo Galleries, links for conventions, and links for Costumer's Webpages and journals, and information on local chapters.

GCFCG members serve on the ICG board and have had served as officers: 

Officer title years
Marianne Pease President 2017-2019
Marty Gear Executive Director 1985-1990
Marty Gear Sergeant-at-Arms 1989-1990
Betsy R. Marks Corresponding Secretary 1989-1991
Betsy R. Marks Treasurer 1992-1995
Ron Robinson President 1995-1996

Costume-Con®

We proudly support the Costume-Con® convention, founded in 1983. The Costume-Con® (http://www.costume-con.org/) is an annual gathering of like-minded individuals who participate in the many facets of costuming. Each year 501c3 costume guilds bid to host the event in their area. The convention features several masquerades, workshops, and social events. Their website has photo archives of costume entries and much more.

The GCFCG has hosted these CostumeCons®: 

  • Costume-Con® 3, Columbia, Maryland, May 24-27, 1985
  • Costume-Con® 9, Columbia, Maryland, February, 15-18, 1991
  • Costume-Con® 15, Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-26, 1997
  • Costume-Con® 27, Timonium, Maryland, May 1-4, 2009
  • Coming: Costume-Con® 40, Rockville, Maryland, April 1-4, 2022 CostumeCon40.com

The GCFCG is bidding to host Costume-Con® 40. Check our CC40 bid page at https://ccbidmd.com/ for information on our progress. Update: According to Secretary Gaia Eirich, "we won the CC40 bid, rather than still bidding for it." More information will be added when available.

Costume-Con® is a registered trademark of Kelly F Turner & Karen L Dick.

ICG Chapters