#themeannouncement

Turn it up a notch (or two or three!) Join the preposterously decorated, the absurdly silly, and the fantastically grotesque - from couture chaos to DIY fever dreams - because this year we’re saying YES, AND!!! More Info: https://www.costumecollege.net/2026-theme-details . . .

Costume College presents the 2024 theme: Costumes of Stage and Screen! There’s nothing like movies, television, and the stage to provide creativity and this year at Costume College 2024, we invite you to indulge in a variety of classes and events inspired by our favorite entertainment themes. What are yours? Costume College 2024 Dates July 18 - 22, 2024. Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel (Los Angeles, CA USA) . . .

Costume College® 2023 Message from the Dean Hello my fellow costumers, My name is Paige Mattern and I have been attending Costume College since 2009. It has been my dream to be Dean for as long as I can remember. With that being said I am excited to be your Dean for the upcoming year. I would not feel as confident taking this on were it not for the effort and dedication Christienne Palmieri put into preparing for Costume College 2023. I would like to thank her for the tremendous amount of time she has and continues to provide to Costume College. And now what you have been waiting for: the Costume College 2023 Theme! **Cosplay: Fairytales, Fiction, & Fantasy** What is Cosplay to me? Cosplay is the act of dressing in any COStume and PLAYing a character from any period, book, movie, or graphic art. So, in essence, it is what we as costumers do. This includes all types of costumes, such as Historical dress, Fictional characters, Book to Screen characters, Anime, Fantasy characters, and even Woodland creatures. We are still working out the dates for next year, so stay tuned. More details coming soon, Paige Mattern, Costume College Dean 2023 [email protected] . . .

Costume College 2020 will be held July 30 - August 3, 2020 at the Warner Center Marriot in Woodland Hills, CA! Theme: Votes for Women ~ 100th Anniversary of American women’s suffrage. Bonus Track to be announced later. More information on individual events within Costume College 2020 will follow soon. But in the meantime please fill out our 2019 Event Survey of you attended this year. http://tinyurl.com/CoCo-2019-Feedback-Form . . . #CostumeCollege #CostumeCollege2020 #CostumeCollege2019 #CostumeCollege #costuming #conference #eventsurvey #themeannouncement #planningstartsnow https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WllYBgcSg/?igshid=12l4fsnvx5rl0

The Costumer’s Guild West, Inc. presents the theme for Costume College 2025: The Costumer’s Journey! The theme for Costume College 2025 is The Costumer’s Journey. It is open to individual interpretation and might bring to mind the development of your skills over time, or perhaps the journey of starting out in one type of costuming, such as historical, and branching out into others, such as sci-fi/fantasy, Steampunk, cosplay, etc. Whatever your interpretation of the theme, it promises to be another year of creativity, learning, and camaraderie. —Jody Regan, 2025 Dean Costume College 2025 Dates: July 31, 2025 - Aug 4, 2025 Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel (Los Angeles, CA USA) www.costumecollege.net . . .

Costume College® 2023 Message from the Dean As Dean of Costume College 2023, I have heard your concerns regarding the theme of The Silk Road. I am totally willing to make a change and would love your input on a theme. The intent was that this would be a non-Eurocentric theme, celebrating cultures that have not historically been represented at Costume College. After heavily researching this topic I learned that the Silk Road encompassed Roman, Byzantine, Persian, Turkish, and Levantine cultures as much as Chinese and Japanese, and isn’t merely Orientalist. The time period of the theme (130 BCE - 1453 CE) was before colonialism. I interviewed several communities and brought in an expert lecturer to speak on the Silk Road at the last Costume College. I discovered that all of the colors and flavors that I love in my daily life are a direct result of the Silk Road. While I understand the fear of appropriation, I do not believe that our members would be insensitive in their choices of dress. This theme was meant to encourage thinking about how cultures interacted with each other rather than cosplaying AS each other. Having said all that, no one wants to create an atmosphere where others feel threatened or unwelcome based on how some may choose to interpret a particular culture. Please share your theme ideas and together we will find a more inclusive theme. . Sincerely, Christienne Palmieri, Costume College 2023 Dean [email protected] . . .