History of Costume College
Costume College Deans & Themes
- 2023 Paige Mattern - Cosplay: Fairytales, Fiction & Fantasy
- 2022 Gina Cowley — Costuming Post Apocalypse: Creating a New World
- 2021 Geri Rex — Costume College 2021 Goes Virtual
- 2020 (Postponed until 2021)
- 2019 Maegen Hensley — What’s That Fabric?
- 2018 Valarie LaBore — Dressing the Royals
- 2017 Heather Pritchett — The 60s: Vintage Daydreams
- 2016 Dani Crum — Counter Culture: Rebels, Revolutionaries, & Subversives
- 2015 Rebecca Howard/Lowell — Plucked from the Pages; Your Favorite Literary Characters
- 2014 Mela Hoyt-Heydon — Finishing Touches: The Art & Craft of Accessories
- 2013 Natalie Meyer — Cavalier, with a Touch of Pirate
- 2012 Rebecca Metzger — The Golden Age of Hollywood: 1930-1955
- 2011 Elizabeth Reed — Medieval; Glorious Gothic to Artistic Reform & Beyond
- 2010 Colleen Crosby — Steampunk
- 2009 Maegen Hensley — 18th Century
- 2008 Martha Davis — Regency Era: 1795-1825
- 2007 Lana Bailey — Crinoline Era: 1840s-1860s
- 2006 Jody Regan — Ragtime Era: 1920-1920
- 2005 Corinne Pleger — Age of Chivalry (Medieval)
- 2004 Mary Hooper — Gay ‘90s (1890s)
- 2003 Laura Rico — The Age of the Bustle
- 2002 Natalie Meyer — The Edwardian Era
- 2001 Darla Kruger — The Art of Embellishment
- 2000 Darla Kruger — Celebrating the Costume Maker’s Art Through the Millenia
- 1999 Jess Miller — Fin de Siecle; at the End of the ‘90s
- 1998 Robin Pavlosky — Elizabethan
- 1997 Robin Pavlosky — Costuming for the Performer
- 1996 Bruce Briant — Georgian
- 1995 Mela Hoyt-Heydon — Bustle
- 1994 Cat Deveroux — 1840-1860; the Era of the Hoop
- 1993 Janet Wilson Anderson — Our First Costume College! The theme was Regency
- 1992 Planning underway for the first Costume College
Costume College Tours
- 2023 - To Be Announced
- 2022 – Getty Villa and the LA Fabric District
- 2021 – Los Angeles Fabric District Virtual Tour
- 2020 – (Postponed until 2021)
- 2019 – FIDM, Western Costume House, and the Native Safari to the LA Fashion District
- 2018 – FIDM, and the Native Safari to the LA Fashion District
- 2017 – FIDM, United American Costume Company, and the Native Safari to the LA Fashion District
- 2016 – FIDM, United American Costume Company, plus Strathearn Historical Park & Museum Tour, and Native Safari to LA Fashion District
- 2015 – FIDM, United American Costume Company, Nethercut Collection & Museum Tour, and Native Safari to LA Fashion District
- 2014 – FIDM and Native Safari to the LA Fashion District
- 2013 – FIDM (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2012 – Garment District (Mon)
- 2011 – FIDM (Thu); Pacific Asia Museum & Huntington Library (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2010 – FIDM (Thu); Costume Rental Corporation & Six Flags Costume Shop (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2009 – FIDM Behind the Scenes (Thu); Western Costume & LACMA (Fri); Garment District (Mon); Sally Queen Personal Shopper
- 2008 – FIDM Dressing the Small Screen (Thu); Sari Tour of “Little India”(Fri); Getty Museum (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2007 – FIDM (Thu); Ventura History Museum w/Shelly Foote (Fri); Custom Characters w/Westmore Academy of Make-up (Fri); Garment District (Mon); Sally Queen Personal Shopper (Mon)
- 2006 – Hollywood Museum (Thu); Elizabeth Courtney II Workrooms & Warner Bros. Studio Costume Dept (Fri); Park Pleating w/LA Opera Costume Shop (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2005 – A Farewell to Tut – Tutankhamon at LACMA, Behind the Scenes – Center Theater group work and craft rooms and technical rehearsal, History for Hire warehouse.
- 2004 – Global Effects & Disney Studio Rental Warehouse (Fri); American Costume Co (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2003 – Unknown
- 2002 – Knott’s Berry Farm (Fri); Southwest Museum (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
- 2001 – Autry Museum of Western Heritage (Fri); LACMA (Fri); Knott’s Berry Farm (Fri); Garment District (Mon)
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