Jul 30,2026
Costume College 2026 — Los Angeles, CA
Most people learn to sew a costume from YouTube tutorials and sheer stubbornness. The people who run Costume College decided that costuming deserved something more: an actual school.
Costume College is an annual four-day educational convention produced by the Costumer's Guild West, dedicated to the craft of historical costuming, fantasy construction, and theatrical wear. Not a competition. Not a vendor hall. A conference where the sessions are taught by master costumers, the curriculum runs from corset-making to Regency silhouettes to full armor builds, and the attendees wear their finest work to a formal Gala on Saturday night.
The Gala is the heart of it: hundreds of people in period and fantasy costumes, assembled in a hotel ballroom, celebrating what they have built with their hands. There is no red carpet. The craftsmanship is the event.
Costume College draws serious makers — people who treat costuming as a discipline, not a hobby. If you have ever wanted to understand why a Victorian sleeve hangs the way it does, or how screen-accurate armor is fabricated from thermoplastics, this is the four days that will change how you make things.
July 30 – August 3, 2026 · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles · Registration required
Most people learn to sew a costume from YouTube tutorials and sheer stubbornness. The people who run Costume College decided that costuming deserved something more: an actual school.
Costume College is an annual four-day educational convention produced by the Costumer's Guild West, dedicated to the craft of historical costuming, fantasy construction, and theatrical wear. Not a competition. Not a vendor hall. A conference where the sessions are taught by master costumers, the curriculum runs from corset-making to Regency silhouettes to full armor builds, and the attendees wear their finest work to a formal Gala on Saturday night.
The Gala is the heart of it: hundreds of people in period and fantasy costumes, assembled in a hotel ballroom, celebrating what they have built with their hands. There is no red carpet. The craftsmanship is the event.
Costume College draws serious makers — people who treat costuming as a discipline, not a hobby. If you have ever wanted to understand why a Victorian sleeve hangs the way it does, or how screen-accurate armor is fabricated from thermoplastics, this is the four days that will change how you make things.
July 30 – August 3, 2026 · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles · Registration required
Costume College is an annual four-day educational convention produced by the Costumer's Guild West, dedicated to the craft of historical costuming, fantasy construction, and theatrical wear. Not a competition. Not a vendor hall. A conference where the sessions are taught by master costumers, the curriculum runs from corset-making to Regency silhouettes to full armor builds, and the attendees wear their finest work to a formal Gala on Saturday night.
The Gala is the heart of it: hundreds of people in period and fantasy costumes, assembled in a hotel ballroom, celebrating what they have built with their hands. There is no red carpet. The craftsmanship is the event.
Costume College draws serious makers — people who treat costuming as a discipline, not a hobby. If you have ever wanted to understand why a Victorian sleeve hangs the way it does, or how screen-accurate armor is fabricated from thermoplastics, this is the four days that will change how you make things.
July 30 – August 3, 2026 · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles · Registration required
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Most people learn to sew a costume from YouTube tutorials and sheer stubbornness. The people who run Costume College decided that costuming deserved something more: an actual school.
Costume College is an annual four-day educational convention produced by the Costumer's Guild West, dedicated to the craft of historical costuming, fantasy construction, and theatrical wear. Not a competition. Not a vendor hall. A conference where the sessions are taught by master costumers, the curriculum runs from corset-making to Regency silhouettes to full armor builds, and the attendees wear their finest work to a formal Gala on Saturday night.
The Gala is the heart of it: hundreds of people in period and fantasy costumes, assembled in a hotel ballroom, celebrating what they have built with their hands. There is no red carpet. The craftsmanship is the event.
Costume College draws serious makers — people who treat costuming as a discipline, not a hobby. If you have ever wanted to understand why a Victorian sleeve hangs the way it does, or how screen-accurate armor is fabricated from thermoplastics, this is the four days that will change how you make things.
July 30 – August 3, 2026 · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles · Registration required
Costume College is an annual four-day educational convention produced by the Costumer's Guild West, dedicated to the craft of historical costuming, fantasy construction, and theatrical wear. Not a competition. Not a vendor hall. A conference where the sessions are taught by master costumers, the curriculum runs from corset-making to Regency silhouettes to full armor builds, and the attendees wear their finest work to a formal Gala on Saturday night.
The Gala is the heart of it: hundreds of people in period and fantasy costumes, assembled in a hotel ballroom, celebrating what they have built with their hands. There is no red carpet. The craftsmanship is the event.
Costume College draws serious makers — people who treat costuming as a discipline, not a hobby. If you have ever wanted to understand why a Victorian sleeve hangs the way it does, or how screen-accurate armor is fabricated from thermoplastics, this is the four days that will change how you make things.
July 30 – August 3, 2026 · Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel, 6101 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles · Registration required
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