I have never been to CC and hope to go to the one in St. Louis as it will be close and I have relatives near there if budget is tight and can't hotel it. For now I am hoping to find time to finally make a costume for Archon (if not more). :)
Thank you, De -----Original Message----- As a member of the CC25 committee, let me answer your question by stating: there is not, nor is there ever, a "theme of the contest". I'll explain in further detail. Costume Con has 3 competitions: a. a design folio for future fashions (judged and printed before the convention; people construct designs from the folio for a fashion show at the con) b. a Science Fiction and Fantasy masquerade c. a Historical masquerade There are NO requirements about following any specific theme; that stifles artistic expression - if you have an outfit you're aching to do, but it doesn't fit any of the upcoming themes, then what would you do? Part of the joy is not knowing what costumes will show up. Some people occasionally *choose* to do a particular outfit that follows the spirit of that convention (for example, CC24's theme is "Epic Movies", and an outfit I hope to complete for the SF/F masquerade is in keeping with that). The traditional place for the theme to show up is at the convention's Friday Night Social, which is not a competition, but simply a "meet and greet". For CC25, the social is meant to be "a gathering of rock stars after a concert". People will come as rock stars past or present, or backstage crew, or groupies, or whatever. It's just a fun time. Karen _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
