Some Useful Links

• The International Costumers' Guild, Inc.
  This is the main ICG site. Find Costumers' Guilds near you (or ones you just want to join).
  You can also find links to officers, Guidelines, Resources, Photo Galleries,
  links for conventions, and links for Costumer's Webpages and journals
      ICG Picture Archives
      Video Archives - YouTube
• Upcoming Historical (1800-1910) Dance Events/Workshops
  Local historical dance & costume workshops and events (including The Elegant Arts Society)
• Cosplay.com
  This may be the main gathering place for all things Cosplay. With a Convention calender, forums and
  tons of photographs it is a great inspirational resource.
• Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild
  The "Great Pattern Review" is the place to go to find people's experience with a particular Historical Pattern.
  In addition they hold fun events with pictures, and have resource links.

• Poison Pen Press
  Poison Pen Press sells books, specializing in medieval cookery, costuming, and
  other material relating to the domestic aspects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
  Click here for Costume Books
• YIPE! Magazine
  A Costume-dedicated e-fanzine edited by Keven Roche and Jason Shachat with staff
  photographer Andrew Trembley. A free fanzine full of pictures and a focus
  on why people love to costume.
• The Costume Gallery
  This is a great place for those doing historical costume research. In addition
  Penny Ladnier runs online classes on historical clothing projects
• Alley Cat Scratch Costumes
  There are some great resources and "How to" information on this large site and the main site for
  Lord of the Rings costuming.
  For instance under the Fashion Design you can find the blank figures for drawing your own fashion designs or dig into the LOTR pages for ways to "fake" armour that can be used on more then just LOTR projects!
• The Costumer's Guide
  This is a great place for pictures and information on some costumes from mostly recent films.
  The site has become a collection place pictures from the movie costume exhibits so worth visiting.
• Padawan's Guide
  This is a great resource for Star Wars costuming, especially for the female clothing.
  It was the fore-runner of The Costumer's Guide.
• The Costumer's Manifesto
  This is a Mega-link site for all things needed for costuming. So massive that you
  should just click on the link to see the main links rather then restate them here!
• The Kyoto Costume Institute Digital Archives
  This is a wonderful resource for those who are researching historical costumes from 1750s- 1990s.
  It now has a close-up feature to look at costume details!
• FIDM Museum & Galleries
  This Los Angeles Museum is a wonderful resource for historical and contemporary fashon as well as film costumes, including each year's Achademy Award nominees.

• A 5,500 year old shoe from Armenia
  
• Time line for pigments through history.
  
• Footwear from Ancient Egypt.
  
• Archaeology of a Victorian Stage Costume.
  

• International Costumers' Guild
  This is the main ICG site. Look under Upcoming conventions.
• Costume-Connections
  central site for Costumecons past, present, and future
• Lunacon
  NYC metro area, March. Our local convention - Sick Pups run the masquerade and many attend.
• Albacon
  Albany area, Columbus Day weekend
• Philcon
  Philadelphia metro area, November -December. location and time has not been set for next year but visit the site regularly for updates!

• sick-pups - The NJ/NY Costumers' Guild (Yahoo)
  
• ICG_D - International Costumers' Guild (Yahoo)
  
• CostumeCon - Info on upcoming conventions (Yahoo)
  
• F-Costume - All aspects of costuming techniques (Yahoo)
  
• 18th_Century_Clothing (Yahoo)
  
• 18cLife - All aspects of 18th Century Life (Yahoo)
  

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