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Movie Masks - the Good, the Bad & the Ugly

A mask can protect a hero's secret identity, it can be the horrifying signature of the villain.  This lens showcases great Movie Masks with info, trivia, pictures and lots of masks you can buy!

Masks To Print-Out And Color

Here are lots of links to free masks and mask designs that are ready to be printed out and colored in!  There are animal faces, favorite children's characters, holiday designs and more. Plus great tips and tricks to making your mask stronger and...

Mask-Making Made Easy

I love masks!  I have made and collected masks for the last twenty-five years.  Here I  share some of my how-tos for mask-making with pictures and crafting tips.  Plus other mask-related goods and goodies! The mask shown here was...

Masks and Masked Rituals in World Cultures

Masks are used by many cultures around the world.  They can be made for art, for rituals of healing and for spiritual purposes.  Many mask traditions come with rich mythologies.  Often masks depict totem animals or deities of significa...

Crazed Costumers Unite!

Do you take any opportunity to dress-up in costume? Go to conventions? Do you do historical re-creations, SCA or Renaissance Fairs? Are you a furry or a cosplayer? Do you make masks and recreate favorite movie characters just because...?

Some of us just never understood why the act and art of costuming should be limited to just one day a year. If you share that feeling, this is YOUR group! Grab your lens and come join us!

Costumers' Guild Guidelines

- You lens must be completed, i.e. no empty modules, or modules with default titles
- Your lens must contain original written content. Lens that are nothing but retail modules will be rejected.
- Your lens must relate to costume design, costume history and making costumes.

Lenses about buying ready-made Halloween costumes, or which contain a lot of links to costume affiliates will be rejected.

Costume How-To Features

Looking to DIY for your costume? Here are some useful lenses that can help show you how, as well as lenses on popular recent costume trends!

Elegant Gothic Lolita

Elegant Gothic Lolita is a mode of dress that was birthed from Japanese pop/Harajuku culture and is now being taken up by fans in Europe and America.

The costuming and propmaking lens

This lens is all about designing and building costumes from the perspective of someone who is still very much an absolute beginner.

A Cosplayer's Guide to Cosplay

Cosplay ("costume play") is the art of dressing like Japanese animation, manga (comic book), and video game characters.  I've been cosplaying since 2002, after being introduced to the hobby through friends.  I've gone on...

The Super Ultimate Harajuku Style Guide

Huge pool of ideas for your harajuku look!

New Guild Lenses

Products to Organize your Theatre's Costume Storage, Dreadlocks and Hair Falls, Do You Know a Fancy Nancy?

Period Wear and Styling

These lenses will help provide you with information helpful for when you have to recreate a specific time period in fashion history or a certain look from the more recent decades. Also, tips and tricks for specific looks.

Dandelion Vintage Clothing

Vintage clothing, vintage lingerie & accessories like hats, purses and vintage household decor at affordable prices. One of the longest lasting vintage online store, I've been bringing vintage lovers a great selection of fun and afforda...

Dorothea's Closet Vintage

Dorothea's Closet Vintage on squidoo will help you locate the best vintage clothing, create vintage looks, learn the art of wearing vintage and create your OWN vintage look! We'll show you how to shop our three locations, show you the best of what we...

Research Vintage Clothing, Dating, Vintage Clothing Care, Fashion History, Fabric Identification & Resources

Researching vintage clothing is the biggest part of selling & wearing vintage clothing. There are different elements of detail that stand out for each individual person, and knowing the era which it came is important when deciding what vintage pi...

Vintage Clothing & Accessories at The Vintage Peddler

A huge selection of men's & women's vintage clothing and retro home decor items. Specializing in mid-century, atomic era vintage clothes, furniture, patterns, lighting, smoking accessories. We cater to the vintage fashonista by pro...

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