CGW, Inc. hosts many types of events throughout the year, including literary presentations, live action role playing games, ice skating, private museum tours, as well as Japanese and English teas. Each event is hosted by a CGW member and most are an opportunity to show off your recent historical, sci-fi, or fantasy ensemble.
CGW Workshop Series: 18th Century Pocket Hoops
18th century pocket hoops are the most packable side hoops available today when traveling. You can also carry your fan, car keys, and even a cell phone with no one knowing. They consist of two linen shapes held out with bone or cane and tie about the waist. Students will make their own sized pocket hoops proportionate to their measurements. You will make a pair to wear under all but your largest 18th century court gowns. Atelier Mela has sewing machines, cutting tables and irons, so all you will need is your basic sewing kit of fabric...
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read moreCGW Workshop: Teens Era Dress – part 1 and part 2
In connection with the continuation of compiling your Teens Era wardrobe Costumer’s Guild West, Inc. is hosting a two-session workshop for constructing a Teens era day or evening dress (not a day suit). Teacher: Mela Hoyt-Heydon Class participation is limited to 15 Students Session 1 – Teens Era Dress Underbodice In this class, students will draft and mock up an underbodice suitable for a draped teens-era dress. We will fit a basic muslin, create a clean pattern, and make the underbodice. We will also discuss the appropriate...
read moreCGW Workshop: 18th Century Cap Workshop
In this workshop students will create a custom designed 18th Century cap made of either linen, cotton or silk. Teacher: Christina Walley Date/Time: Saturday, May 6th, 2017 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Location: Private residence (West side Los Angeles near downtown Culver City; address will be provided at registration) Cost: $15.00 Tickets: Registration will be open March 20, 2017 8:00 a.m. – through – April 29, 2017 11:00 p.m. Click here to register. Class is limited to 10 people Teacher to provide: Pattern, Fabric (white...
read moreCGW Workshop: 18th Century Stays
This workshop is to create fully boned stays using the Larkin & Smith strapless Front and Back Lacing Stays Pattern. Pattern includes fully illustrated directions to make an authentic and well fitting pair of stays. The stays are worn with a stomacher and the lacing crossed back and forth in the front and spiral bound in the back. Pattern includes two sizes and a documentation card with images of the original stays. Teacher: Mary Johns Date/Time: Saturday, May 20th, 2017 10:00 a.m.-6:00...
read moreCGW Series: 18th Century Workshops
Do you like to watch historical dramas like Marie Antionette, The Duchess, Outlander? Do you want to create an 18th Century wardrobe? Do you want to attend 18th Century events but don’t have anything to wear? Din’a fash! CGW is hosting a series of 18th Century workshops for you to create your wardrobe. Details are still being worked out so stayed tuned, eat some cake, and start dreaming of your new wardrobe. 18th Century stays – With teacher Mary Johns Date/Time: Saturday May 20th, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00...
read moreCGW Goes to: Dressing Downton Exhibit at the Muzeo
Are you looking for inspiration for designing your teens-era dress? Join CGW at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center for the West Coast appearance of Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times. This exhibit highlights fashion from one of the most widely watched television dramas in the world, Downton Abby. Follow your favorite characters, both upstairs and down; walk through a costume chronicle of the period that showcases costumes and jewelry from the hit series. Date/Time: Saturday, March 25, 2017, 2:00 pm Location: Muzeo,...
read moreCGW Workshop: Teens Slip
This is the third workshop in the CGW Teens Series! At the end of the day, you should have a mostly-completed slip to wear under 1909-1916-style dresses. This will be your foundation for Late Edwardian clothing, including events for Titanic, season 1 of Downton Abbey, Early Automobile (Model T), and Doctor Zhivago. We will be constructing a pattern custom-drafted by Natalie Meyer. This workshop will be limited to 7 students. Date/Time: Saturday, February 18, 2017, time 10am -6pm Cost: $30 for members and sister guilds. $60 for...
read moreCGW Workshop: Teens combinations
This is the second workshop in the CGW Teens Series! At the end of the day, you should have a mostly-completed combination underwear to wear under 1909-1916-style dresses. This will be your foundation for Late Edwardian clothing, including events for Titanic, season 1 of Downton Abbey, Early Automobile (Model T), and Doctor Zhivago. We will be constructing the Wearing History Circa 1917 Combination Underwear & Chemise Pattern, as taught by Rebecca Metzger. This workshop will be limited to 10 students. In addition to making the...
read moreCGW Goes to the Movies
CGW members meet up to go to movies that would be of interest to costumers. You are encouraged to wear a costume if you have one, or join us in your regular clothes. This is a perfect time to try out a new costume or wear something that you’ve “thrown together.” Remember that most of the event is in the dark, so if you don’t feel like you’re quite up to usual costume standards, that’s okay! The movies will be the price of a movie ticket, and each person will be responsible for purchasing their own ticket. If...
read moreCGW Series: Teens Era
CGW Series is a series of workshops and events focused on one time period, so you have support for making an entire outfit, and somewhere to wear it! Approximately every other month, we will have a workshop or lecture, which will culminate in an event or two. You may sign up to take each of the classes, depending on availability. Or you can just take a few. Tickets to each event will be sold individually. There are no “entire series” tickets. Our first series, beginning in 2016, will focus on the Teens era. At the end of this...
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