Some pics, no commentary :(

[mlsdesigns]

I've started a write up of UTR, but it's getting long, and I'm tired, and I still have photos to edit, so you'll have to wait till tomorrow for the blow by blow account! I had a fab time though, in spite of the heat and the bug bites (26!!!!!!!) and really miss all of my costuming buddies :'(
Anyway, I have managed to get the pics up onto photobucket, here they all are, completely unedited so be prepared for a fair percentage of fuzzy and gloomy pics too :D
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/mlsdesigns/UTR%202010/
Now, who can enlighten me as to the hows and whys of Costume Con? The web site is not very clear. Not that this means anything! Although, I have found out it's at the end of my Easter holiday ... and I would appear to have made a tag for it...

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[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I've only been to one in 2008 and it was fun but probably more so because I had lots of costume peeps who I knew there.

There is a Science Fiction/Fantasy side and there is the Historical Costuming side. That one can be accurate reproduction or it can be inspired by.

There are some classes/seminars on all kinds of costuming subjects but its not a major part of the event.

The main events are the Masquerades - either SF/F or Historical.

Ok - what more do you want to know? ;-)

Personally, if I was told that I could have an all expenses paid trip to a costume event and I had to choose between Costume Con or Costume College, it would be Costume College that would win - hands down!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Thanks Bess, I knew pretty much all of this already, except that there are classes, what I wanted more info on is the cost - do you have to be a member just to be there or only if you're entering a competition? I'm very good at being explicit!
I'm planning on going to costume college next year, but when the girls said CosCon was near New York, (and shopping!) I thought, hey, another holiday :) And maybe Mummy and Clare might join me for the New York bit. And when I found it was during my holiday it seemed so much more likely, but the website is so not helpful!

[lmcbeth.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted by Con next year too because I've never been to that side of the country and know lots of my east coast friends will be there, which is the biggest appeal. I'm not sure I'm going to make it though, since I've decided to focus on my studies next year and finish college :/

If I remember correctly, memberships were about $80 (I bought after the early discount date) and classes were pretty vague until about a month before when they pinned down times. I didn't like that part of it, but each Con (as I understand it) is run by a different group of people from the city it's being hosted...so this year's Con may have been set up differently than any previous, and I would guess the cost could be different too.

It never occurred to me not to pay for a membership, so I can't tell you if it's required.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Yep, seeing my friends again is the big pull, and when you add shopping in New York...!!!
Thanks for the insight, it's such a tough decision :)

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

The membership will get you into the classes (fewer and no workshops compared to CosCol), the Friday Night Social, the Con suite (food!) and the masquerades if you want to enter.

The CosCon I went to everything was in the hotel lobby so you probably could have gotten away with not having a badge (don't think anyone was checking them and it was a public space) but looks like the set up is different at this one so I don't think I'd risk it.

CosCon is all about the masquerades (contests), parties and the socializing. There are planned parties and meet-ups (although we probably won't know about them until the last minute) and impromptu ones as well. The classes are fewer both in number and on a focus on historical costuming. I only went to one last time, besides the one I taught.

I mostly just hung out with my friends, took lots of pics and combed through the vendors. It’s all a bit of a blur now, because of all the personal stuff going on in my life at the time - I hope this helps a bit!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

That helps a big bit! It's exactly what I wanted to know :) The socialising is the thing, isn't it?!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

You know you need to be there for our masquerade entry! ;)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Well that's true! Are you going to be wearing them to Costume College as well?

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

I dont know about Katherine, but I sure will be! I cant put all that work into it and not wear it again!

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I am too! Since I just bought the fabric I was telling my mom about the project and said that I'd be wearing mine, and I hoped you would too.

I'm really excited right now :)

And I just remembered I wanted to respond to this post, but I think Jenny-Rose summed it up nicely. It's all about the people :)

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Yay! That makes me happy. :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Yep, all about the people :)

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

Good!!