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- ICG General Meeting San Martin
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 2 hours
1:00 PM
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- ICG Meetup
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Vendors Room Sierra
- 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM | 5 hours
- Single Pattern Contestants Meeting Gateway Ballroom
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Main Event
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Project Documentation San Jose
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Documenting your costuming work should begin at the design phase and continue after the construction is complete. Drawings and patterns, process...
- Panel
- Quilting Santa Clara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Emergency Holographic Masquerade Director Carmel
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Many times and in many venues, the Masquerade Director must be replaced near or at the time of the convention. Scenarios will lead to hints, tip...
- Panel
- String Theory: A Yarn About Costuming Monterey
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Come find out what leads someone to look at dozen skeins of yarn and think ‘I can make a costume out of that.’ Learn about pattern resources, pi...
- Panel
- Wigging Out San Martin
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Wigs are a great way to add drama to a costume, but where do you start? Why are there so many options, but never the color or cut you really wan...
- Panel
- Special Guest: Beverly Downen Gateway Ballroom
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Main Event
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Large Group Costuming San Jose
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- There are unique challenges to getting a bunch of people together for a group stage presentation. Our panelists have plenty of experience with t...
- Panel
- Costuming Without Sewing Santa Clara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Have you ever want to costume or cosplay but the thought of sewing scares you. Well you are in luck, our panel of experts have some ideas to hel...
- Panel
- Beginning Glitz and Glitter Carmel
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Glitzy, glittery and gaudy techniques to make your costume stand out. Learn materials and basic techniques for adding sparkle, shine and f...
- Panel
- Costuming on a Budget Monterey
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to create amazing costumes. There is lot of tricks that can help you make the looks you want without...
- Panel
- The Costume-Con ICG Archives San Martin
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Special Guest: Evil Ted Gateway Ballroom
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Green Room: Single Pattern Cedar
- 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 4 hours
- Other
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Single Pattern Competition & Social Gateway Ballroom
- 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 3 hours
- Main Event
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Special Guest: Adam Savage Gateway Ballroom
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 1 hour
- Main Event
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Special Guest: Adam Savage Photos & Autographs Gateway Foyer
- 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Autographs
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Electronics in Costuming San Jose
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conductive thread and washable components have made incorporating electronics into costumes much easier. By integrating lights, sound, and other...
- Panel
- Culture & Costumes: Appropriation vs. Appreciation Santa Clara
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- There is a difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation, and sometimes, this difference is a very fine line. As costumers...
- Panel
- Prosthetics & Other Alterations to Your Form Carmel
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Looking for those finishing touches for your non-human costume? During this panel we will talk about the use of prosthetics, contacts, and other...
- Panel
- Cosplay & Fairy Wings San Carlos
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Fixed, mechanical, animatronic, and light-up fairy and cosplay wings. This class will cover common methods and tutorials for making your own cos...
- Panel
- Star Wars: Mandolorian Mercs San Martin
- 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 2 hours
- We will go over and discuss the MMCC CRL's, and armor construction per the CRL's. We will also go over ways to attach armor. We will also try to...
- Panel
- Vendors Room Sierra
- 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM | 7 hours
- Fantasy & Science Fiction Contestant Meeting Gateway Ballroom
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Main Event
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Fursuits to Kaiju: RAWR! San Jose
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Costuming as Fast Fashion Santa Clara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- With the rise in popularity of cosplay general costuming has also rolled more into the mainstream attention. This results in a lot of companies ...
- Panel
- Meet Costume-Con 42 Monterey
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Shibori Dyeing Techniques Workshop San Carlos
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Shibori is an umbrella of historical dyeing techniques that involve stitching, binding, clamping (Itajime), and pole wrapping (Arashi). Particip...
- Workshop
- 18th Century Hairstyle Demo Gateway Ballroom
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Want to know how to reproduce those high 1770s hairstyles using a wig? This class will show you how! We'll do a live, abbreviated demonstration ...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- 刺し子 Sashiko - The Japanese Running Stitch San Jose
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- In this class, you will be introduced to Japanese sashiko, which is a running stitch technique. This class is aimed to give you an appreciation ...
- Panel
- Selecting Fabrics: Making a Good Costume GREAT Santa Clara
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- What's the difference between chiffon, organdy and organza? Wool gabardine or polyester? Does it matter? A crash course on fibers, weaves and fa...
- Panel
- Dyeing for Renters and in Limited Spaces Carmel
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- You do not have to be a chemist to do dyework. We will review easy-to-use safe products that are readily available to the home dyer and what you...
- Panel
- Meet Costume-Con 43 Bids Monterey
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Patterning 101 With EVA Foam San Martin
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- Learn how to pattern a variety of basic costume armor pieces using EVA Foam with veter...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- But the Hotel... Negotiating A Hotel Contract for Your Event San Jose
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Are you curious as to what goes into a hotel contract for a convention? From attrition, event space rental, room blocks, power drops, food and b...
- Panel
- Tricks From the Drag World For Your Costuming and Makeup Santa Clara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Ever wanted to know how drag queens, kings and monsters change their bodies, faces and hair? Here is that chance. Award winning drag artists spi...
- Panel
- Costuming History Through Images Monterey
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Did you know that the International Costumer's Guild has an archive? And an online image gallery? The ICG helps to save the history of costuming...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Metal Clay Basics San Carlos
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 2 hours
- Yearning for jewels to accent your period costume? Just love jewelry? Metal clay is a wondrous medium that starts as a soft pliable clay and, wh...
- Workshop
- Lucet Workshop San Martin
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 2 hours
- Workshop
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Green Room: F&SF Cedar
- 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 6 hours
- Other
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Fantasy & Science Fiction competition Gateway Ballroom
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Main Event
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Green Room: Future Fashion Cedar
- 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 4 hours
- Other
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Christian Services
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour
- Other
- Future Fashion Folio competition Gateway Ballroom
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 2 hours
- Main Event
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Vendors Room Sierra
- 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM | 7 hours
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Faux Fur San Jose
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Exotic Materials for Creature Costumes Santa Clara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- This is a demonstration to show a wide variety of unusual materials used to make large props and monster suits. Different types of foam, stretch...
- Panel
- Basic Dyeing FAQ Carmel
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- We will cover the information that I wish was available when I first started to explore dyeing in 2002. After an overview, we will spend time an...
- Panel
- Finish Hem! Monterey
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Why does finish work on a costume really matter? Barring being on stage no one will even see your hem, and that odd ripple is barely noticeable!...
- Panel
- Covered Cosplay Corsets San Carlos
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours
- Don't have time to build a breastplate for your cosplay? Take a basic underbust ...
- Workshop
- Leather Belt Tooling San Martin
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours
- Basic leather tooling and some sewing. In this class students will receive a kit to help construct a segmented leather belt. We will talk about ...
- Workshop
- Historical Masquerade Contestant Meeting Gateway Ballroom
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Main Event
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- 3-D Printing 101: The Basics San Jose
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- With the cost of home 3D printers dropping and print volumes increasing, many are wondering if this could be an easy alternative to other areas ...
- Panel
- Traveling With Costumes, From Dainty to Humongous Santa Clara
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Hair Braiding Carmel
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 3 hours
- Hands on workshop. Kid friendly!Learn to do ropes, 4-strand "round" braids, classic (...
- Workshop
- Kanzashi: The Japanese Art of Fabric Folded Flowers Monterey
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 3 hours
- Kanzashi: Participants will learn how to create a fabric folded flower using a basic technique that can be expanded on to create a brooch or hai...
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Sashiko 刺し子 - The Art of the Japanese Running Stitch San Jose
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours
- In this limited attendance workshop, you will be introduced to Japanese sashiko, and given the tools & basic knowledge to start your sashiko...
- Workshop
- Binding Techniques for Dye Resists for Beginners Santa Clara
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Binding to create dye resists have been around for centuries. We will explore different binding techniques that include tie dye as well as easy ...
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- True (Cosplay) Crimes Santa Clara
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Are you guilty of committing cosplay crimes? Of course you are! Whether you've used hot glue to hem a garment, spray painted in your bathroom, d...
- Panel
- Leather Pocket Watch Holders San Martin
- 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 2 hours
- Basic leather sewing and some tooling. In this class students will receive a pocket watch (yes…we provide the watch!) and then while learning a ...
- Workshop
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Green Room: Historical Cedar
- 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 6 hours
- Other
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- Historical Masquerade Gateway Ballroom
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Main Event
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Vendors Room Sierra
- 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 4 hours
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Foundation Garments: Making a Good Costume GREAT San Jose
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Corsets, hoops, dance belts—these are all foundation garments and they really matter in costuming. Advice on selecting and making foundations an...
- Panel
- Starting Out on the Right (Sewing) Foot Santa Clara
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- The right foot can not only make your sewing easier, it can make for a better finish. Our panel will share which feet to use, when to use them, ...
- Panel
- Lightning Round: Creature Costume Tips & Tricks Carmel
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- This is a bullet-point panel where the panelists present their best tips and tricks in making (mostly) creature costumes. Each "presentation" ha...
- Panel
- Costuming for Body Types Monterey
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- People can talk all they want, but actually seeing something on someone can help you decide. What looks good on your body? What color works best...
- Panel
- Special Guests: Ted & Beverly Gateway Ballroom
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- For the Love of the Art - SF&F Cosplay Photography Project San Jose
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Started as the "Cosplay Transformation" project, Richard has been photographing costumers on a large format film camera since 2015. Richard plan...
- Panel
- No Sew Color Santa Clara
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- How to add color to your costume or garment without having to sew using adhesives, silicon caulk, fabric paints, and dyes. Products and techniqu...
- Panel
- Mind The Gap: A Cosplayer's Guide to Awesome Seams on EVA Foam Projects Carmel
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour
- Do you struggle to hide seams on your EVA foam projects or are you unsure which materi...
- Panel
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- 3-D Printing 102: Finish Work San Jose
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- You've got 3D printed pieces, now what? This part will go through the various techniques of finishing printed pieces so they don't look so obvio...
- Panel
- Hat Blocking San Carlos
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- Panel
- Making Yarn Wigs San Martin
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour
- It’s possible to make a fun and colorful wig with just a glue gun, yarn and a few basic supplies! Learn which materials to use and see a demo of...
- Panel
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Texturing EVA Foam Like A Pro San Martin
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour
- Learn how easy it can be to add textures to EVA foam! Downen Creative Studios shows yo...