Costume Design Competition - Escape Velocity/Museum of Science Fiction 2018

[nachtinis]

Hello friends,

General info:
What: A costuming/costume design competition to be accompanied by a fashion show and technical evaluation.
When: Memorial Day weekend, May 25th-27th 2018
Where: Escape Velocity Convention, Gaylord National Resort, Oxon Hill MD
Why: Because we love seeing imagination becoming reality
Who: Presented by the Museum of Science Fiction, DC

As a celebration of the importance of fashion and costume design to creating rich worlds and expanding our imaginations, the Museum of Science Fiction is holding a costume competition and fashion show. This competition is open to all students, designers, costumers/cosplayers, and artists. People from the United States or abroad may participate.

The Museum of Science Fiction believes that costume design and construction is one of the most important interdisciplinary art forms of science fiction. The craft of costume design dissolves the false dichotomy between the arts and sciences. Designers use many different innovative techniques and technologies to engineer wearable art.

Entry Requirements

Each entry should include images of the design and the following items:

1. Design notes on materials, color choices, pattern choices, measurements, and other details
2. Images of individual aspects of the design, such as helmets, gloves, props, and any other accessories
3. Multiple photographic angles of the design
4. Project plan information, materials used, crafting techniques involved, and any other details
5. Pattern creations, descriptions, images, construction notes, or instructions

Run of competition will occur on an entry basis, that will be open for entries until April 15, 2018 finalists selected from those entries will be announced on a rolling basis, with the culmination of all finalists to be notified ending on April 30, 2018.

Finalists will be invited to present their design implementations at Escape Velocity 2018 (www.escapevelocity.events). When the entry is presented at Escape Velocity 2018, finalists do not need to wear their work, if a model is used (models are not eligible to receive award consideration). Prizes will only be awarded to the finalists. All finalists will receive two Weekend Passes to Escape Velocity 2018.

The following award categories will be presented at Escape Velocity 2018:

1. Best In Show
2. Best Original Fashion/Costume Design/Construction
3. Best Reinterpreted Fashion/Costume Design/Construction
4. Best Young Adult/High School Design/Construction
5. Best Fashion/Costume Design Illustration or Photograph

Submission Procedure

1. Designs may be submitted in a combination of two formats. One being standard JPG image file format with no less than 300dpi per image. PDF format may also be used, we ask that A combination of JPG and PDF may also be submitted. To receive a registration number, you must complete the registration form.
   
   The registration form, and more information can be found here: http://www.museumofsciencefiction.org/costume-competition
2. The submitted file must not be larger than 5 MB and must include a registration number in the file name. Files may be submitted to: costuming@museumofsciencefiction.org

Thanks for reading,
-Jason M
Director of Costuming and wardrobe
Museum of Science Fiction
costuming@museumofsciencefiction.org

 

[nachtinis]

More info about Escape Velocity:
Escape Velocity is an upcoming Sci-Fi convention, which will be at the Gaylord Resort in Oxon Hill, MD. This will be our third year.
Escape velocity is presented by the Museum of Science Fiction, DC, and is a non-profit orgainzation dedicated to education, and the core concept that from our "imaginations, come reality".
We have multiple partner groups, such as NASA, and Microsoft, and we will be showcasing theirs, and many technologies, entertainment, music and more.
Along with our futuristic programming, and industry leading science and entertainment partner programming, we will also be having a costuming and design competition, plus costuming fashion show.


Our focuses include: Science, Education, Science Fiction, Pop Culture, Film Arts, Video Gaming, Literature, Costuming, and more!


We hope you will come join us to help turn Imagination into Reality!
For more information: www.escapevelocity.events

 

[nachtinis]

Cool News!
Deborah Landis will be joining Escape Velocity 2018 for our Costuming and Design Competition!

Costume designer, historian, and professor, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, is the founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design and has joined the Escape Velocity team to judge this year's costume and fashion design competition!


Her credits include Animal House (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Trading Places (1983), The Three Amigos (1987) Coming to America (1988), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, and the groundbreaking music video for Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" (1983)!


Landis received an MFA in costume design from the UCLA College of Fine Arts in 1975 and a PhD in the history of design from the Royal College of Art, London. She is married to director John Landis.

 

[krispikarim]

quick question; so would we have to have the costume completed to submit or would we construct it if the design is chosen as a finalist?