Nora Mai was President of the ICG for 3 years, chaired Costume-Con 16 & has edited 5 Future Fashion Folios. She was the founding President of the St. Louis Costumers Guild & has held SLCG offices on and off for over 30 years. A frequent contributor to the Future Fashion Folios, she started making her own Middle Eastern Dance costumes in High School because she couldn’t afford to buy them. She has been costuming for five decades with experience in Historical and SF & F, and mostly does originals. She & Bruce received the ICG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. At Costume-Con 30 Nora received the Founders Award for service to Costume-Con. Recently she began collecting and costuming BJDs. And she currently works as the primary photo archivist (digitizing & inventorying) for the Pat & Peggy Kennedy Memorial Library and the International Costumers Gallery.
Sessions in which Nora Mai participates
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12:00 PM
- International Costumers Guild Archives Roadshow Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- How to Draw for Costumers/Costuming/Cosplay Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- You don’t have to be an artist to draw your own original designs or render recreations to better understand them. Tips for using croquis or crea...
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Accessories!: Fleshing Out the Details of Your Costume Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Cat Herding 101 Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Costuming History Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Care & Feeding of Your Costumes Gateway Center - Cahokian
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel