The CC6 Panel Library encompasses all of the panels from Costume Con 6,
held
in San Jose, CA during Feb. 12-15, 1988. These DVDs cover a wide
variety
of subjects from presentation, to construction, to historical
reference. Panel
DVDs are available for $12 for each DVD. A shipping charge of $5 is added per order (you may order as many DVDs from all sources as you want for the same shipping charge -- i.e. you may mix and match).
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Panelists: Denice Girardeau, Janet Anderson, Ricky Dick Running time: 55 minutes Related panels: CC6-V11, CC8-V11, CC8-V13, CC8-V64 How to best display your costume on stage. Basic turns and movements that suit most costumes. |
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Panelists: Dragon, Adrian Butterfield, Kayta Martz Running time: 60 minutes Related panels: CC8-V8 A how-to panel for the amateur shoemaker. How to construct shoes for your costume without having access to professional cobbling tools. How to "fake it" with spats. How to convert modern shoes to acceptable "period" ones. |
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Panelists: Debbie Jones Running time: 40 minutes A demo of batiking techniques and how they can be used to enhance your costume. |
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Panelists: Diane Kovalcin, Dianne Dawe, Robin Schindler, Kevin Roche Running time: 54 minutes A discussion of some of the techniques that can be used to alter the surface of fabric for a "different" look--quilting, applique, couching, airbrushing, t-shirt transfers, silk resist painting, etc. |
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Panelists: Dragon, Skip Roberts, David Joiner Running time: 60 minutes Related panels: CC8-V30, CC8-V60 Construction techniques. How to create really unique items with readily available materials. |
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Panelists: Kayta Martz, Laurie MacDonald Running time: 57 minutes Related panels: CC8-V2 A.k.a. "Historicals for the Science-Fiction Costumer." This panel will take the fear out of making your own historical reproductions. |
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Panelists: Adrian Butterfield, Mela Hoyt-Hayden Running time: 51 minutes How to find materials that are look-alike, work-alike, or feel- alike for their historical counterparts which may no longer exist or may now be prohibitively expensive. |
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Panelists: Kathi Reynolds, Kathryn Condon Running time: 53 minutes Related panels: CC6-V34, CC8-V55 Pre-1800 corseting for women. A discussion of materials, techniques, and how to fit these garments. |
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Panelists: Adrian Butterfield, Victoria Ridenour Running time: 96 minuites Related panels: CC6-V10 A.k.a. "Tailoring for the Totally Inept." How to drape a basic "sloper" that is customized to. How to make collars that roll correctly and trains that don't wad. Draping the female body and draping for a custom boot. |
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Panelists: Adrian Butterfield Running time: 98 minutes Related panels: CC6-V9 A continuation of the concepts in TAILORING & DRAPING I. Draping the male body and other bizarre shapes. |
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Panelists: Alison Frankel, Myla Dick, Paula Crist, Ricky Dick Running time: 123 minutes Many good costumes have a character behind them: this can mean anything from walking differently than you usually do to adopting a full-blown personality. The various panelists offer perspectives on how to bring your character's personality to life. |
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Panelists: Aurie Bradley, Kathi Reynolds, Kathryn Condon Running time: 70 minutes An overview discussion and slide show of historical costume: what the silhouettes were, what the common people and the aristocracy wore, how society influenced fashion, etc. |
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Panelists: Shelly Monson Running time: 30 minutes A slide show of the fashions of the Victorian era, when mourning was a high art. |
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Panelists: Denice Girardeau, Toni Lay, Jennifer Tifft Running time: 60 minutes Related panels: CC8-V18 A panel for the first-timer. How costume fandom currently seems to be working; the Division System; competitions; the Costumer's Guild, etc. |
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Panelists: Alice Davies, Kathryn Condon, Mela Hoyt-Hayden Running time: 47 minutes The right accessories to put the finishing touch on your period costume: fans, jewelry, hats, parasols, walking sticks, etc |
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Volume 16: Electronics II
Panelists: Rusty (Breighton) Dawe, Gary Anderson Running time: 66 minutes Related panels: CC8-V21, CC8-V25, CC8-V46 A more advanced electronics panel than Electronics I [ed. note: Electronics I is unavailble because, sadly, we lost the audio feed during taping]. Electronics II covers actual circuit design. Emphasis will be on circuits which are effective for stage and hall costume accessories. It is helpful to know how to read basic schematics for understanding this panel. |
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Panelists: Julie Zetterberg, Victoria Ridenour, Julian May Running time: 57 minutes How to take the fear out of dealing with wigs. How to style and modify wigs to get the effect you want. How to make your own wigs out of yarn for a "cartoon character" effect. |
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Panelists: Animal X, Bruce MacDermott, Dana MacDermott, Debbie Jones, Jennifer Tifft Running time: 56 minutes Related panels: CC8-V45 Odd materials and how to deal with them. What materials work well with each other and which don't mix well. Includes some time-saving shortcuts that can be used in costuming. |
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Panelists: Adrian Butterfield, Tim Bray Running time: 66 minutes Related panels: CC8-V49 How to work with leather. Places to get leather inexpensively. Things to look for when buying leather. |
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Panelists: Fran Evans, Animal X, Gary Anderson Running time: 49 minutes How to glue things to each other and to to your body. The right glues to use for a specific job. Safety/toxicity factors. |
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Panelists: Janet Wilson-Anderson Running time: 56 minutes Related panels: CC8-V58 Blivets are items you can make out of scraps of fabric and trim that are too small to use for anything else. These blivets can then be used, very effectively, to decorate your costume. See examples of blivets and make one of your own! |
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Panelists: Jennifer Tifft, Kathi Reynolds, Kathryn Condon Running time: 52 minutes How to do the correct hand-finishing work for a particular historical period--hemming, buttonholes, other finishing stitches. |
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Panelists: Jacqui Ward, Julian May, Barb Schofield Running time: 52 minutes How to enhance your costume with detail work that will be appreciated close-up rather than from stage. Rhinestones, sequins, embellished trims, applique, etc. |
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Panelists: Alice Davies, Bob Himmelsback, Karen Allen, Robin Schindler, Shelly Monson Running time: 58 minutes A demo of some of the more popular kinds of embellishment: black- work embroidery, counted cross-stitch, tatting, etc. |
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Panelists: Marty Gear, Bobby Gear Running time: 54 minutes How to make a dress form that is custom-fit to you, using inexpensive, ordinary materials. |
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Panelists: Bobby Gear, Joyce Best, Pat Hammer, Sandy Pettinger Running time: 54 minutes Related panels: CC8-V3 How to survive costuming if you have a non-standard body type. Overweight? Big bones? Broad shoulders? This is the panel for you. |
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Panelists: Julie Neff, Kathy Mayer, Pierre Pettinger, Ricky Dick Running time: 56 minutes Related panels: CC8-V21 How to work with feathers. Steaming, curling, gluing, sewing. Sources and types of feathers. How to care for feathers. |
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Panelists: Alison Frankel, Ricky Dick Running time: 54 minutes Related panels: CC8-V6, CC8-V39 Stage make-up. Glamour make-up. Disguising flaws with make-up. Latex appliances. |
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Panelists: Richard Lawrence, Vicky Lawrence Running time: 50 minutes Related panels: CC8-V48 An overview of some of the historical organizations that are available locally and around the country such as the Society for Creative Anachronism, the Friends of the English Regency, Bye- Gone Eras, Civil War re-enactment groups, etc. |
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Panelists: Animal X, Debbie Jones, Fran Evans Running time: 60 minutes Designing for specific body types; how to enhance good features and play down flaws. What makes a good design? |
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Panelists: Julian May, Julie Neff, Barb Schofield Running time: 48 minutes Related panels: CC8-V9, CC8-V16 Construction techniques. How to make headpieces that will survive being scrunched in a suitcase. Unusual materials to use. |
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Panelists: Mela Hoyt-Hayden Running time: 56 minutes How to make the often fantastic hats that were popular during certain historical periods. |
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Panelists: Kayta Martz, Aime Hartlove, Arlin Robins, Diane Kovalcin, Sarah Goodman Running time: 56 minutes Types of ethnic costume. What elements comprise the ethnic "look" and how they can be incorporated into original costumes. |
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Panelists: Victoria Ridenour, Kathi Reynolds Running time: 73 minutes Related panels: CC6-V8. CC8-V55 Post-1800 corseting for women. A discussion of materials, techniques, and how to fit these garments. Also a special discussion of how corseting can be incorporated into fantasy costuming. |
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Panelists: Kathi Reynolds Running time: 56 minutes Related panels: CC8-V7 How to research your historical costume. Good and poor sources to use. How much research is enough. |
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Panelists: Alys Hay, Barbara Hambly, Jennifer Tifft Running time: 50 minutes How to do futuristic, high-tech looking costumes without using electronics! An enjoyable panel to watch... |
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Panelists: Carl Ontis, Dawn Jacobsen, Steve Jacobsen Running time: 57 minutes Related panels: CC8-V17 The "look" of the Western wilderness. |
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Panelists: Victoria Ridenour, Mela Hoyt-Hayden Running time: 41 minutes Related panels: CC8-V35 Types of careers available in the costuming field. The rewards; the hardships. |
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Panelists: Ben Camacho, Kevin Roche, Marjii Ellers Running time: 75 minutes Related panels: CC8-V24, CC8-V43, CC8-V47 How to build "critter" suits--monsters, aliens, fuzzy animals, etc. How to wear these suits and survive! |
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