Conventional Wisdom

Summer is coming and for us that means many things... and one important thing of note is the multitude of Conventions.  Some of our favorite custom projects in the past have been for Cons:  Last year we created a custom costume for my friend David, who went to our very own Baltimore's Otakon as the Marvel character The Sentry...

Photo by East Coast Avengers

...and over the last few months we created a custom Star Trek costume for our client's use in Star Trek Cons all over the country.

Custom pattern by Miss Meghan

We've all been getting pretty excited over the prospect of doing more costumes for Cons and cosplay of all natures, but I happen have a personal stake in comics and their various Cons.  

Way too excited for 7am in San Diego

The DC area is rife with Cons: Otakon, Awesome Con D.C., Baltimore Comic-Con, Annapolis Comic-Con, and Faerie Con all happen annually in our midst.  We are currently working on alterations for an anime costume for Otakon in October, and we're looking forward to more as each convention nears.  

Have you been a Con attendee in the past year? Which one is your favorite? Which Con in the DC area is not to be missed this year? And most importantly... are there any I have missed??

Time Flies!!!

I just checked the date of my last post and can't believe it's almost a month! Here at the Studio we finished Prom season by creating 3 gowns designed with the clients and performing alterations on another 4 gowns. If I were more adept at scanning and plugging in photos, I could put the pictures in here, but unfortunately I haven't learned that yet.
In addition to everything else that's going on, I really want to share an upcoming event with you. My friend and colleague Natalie Jobity is an Image Consultant and she has organized what promises to be a fabulous and fun event on June 7th called Tweak Your She(ic). I'll be there as the fitting expert along with lots of other experts on lots of other "girly" subjects.
So, I hope you'll come to the Hotel George from 1 to 5 and get yourself tweaked into she(ic). For information or tickets, Natalie set up a really great website that I just love! The web address is www.tweakyoursheic.com
Hotel George is one block from Union Station and there's a parking garage across the street. Wish me luck! With all the stuff I have to haul down there I'm going to have to drive and I have religiously avoided driving in DC since I moved here 21 years ago! Oh! Boy! You should come just to see if I survived the adventure!