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1:00pm EDT

Costuming Outside Your Comfort Zone

Sunday July 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Piedmont Salon 3

Making and wearing costumes encourages us all to live our dreams and take chances. Who wants the same old same old? Our panelists discuss how to adapt and be comfortable with a real body versus everything we see in video games and Anime. From gender bending costumes, to wearing armor, our panelists discuss how to create costumes that fit you.

Moderator: Tom Hutchens

Speakers

Tom Hutchens

Costuming Guest

Founder of the Mando Mercs Costume Club, being a Mandalorian fan goes all the way back to 1983, a five-year-old sitting in the theater watching Boba Fett fall into the Sarlacc Pit in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

In 2007 Tom founded the Mando Mercs Costume Club (MMCC), becoming o

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John Dondero

Costuming Guest

He is a certified Jack of All Trades. He started out as a filmmaker and special effects editor, building both digital and practical effects, and has won many awards for both filmmaking and editing. When COVID hit, he switched gears and became an affiliated Twitch streamer and podcaster... Read More →

Dave Fretz

Costuming Guest

I’ve been a part of science fiction and fantasy fandom for more than 50 years and grew up reading Andre Norton, Allan Dean Foster, and Edgar Rice Burroughs books. I even named my younger son Jason after the lead character in the Ray Harryhausen film Jason and the Argonauts. I was... Read More →

Cheralyn Lambeth

Film Guest

Cheralyn (Cher) Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder whose work includes feature films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Patriot, Evan Almighty, The Hunger Games, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret), television shows (Dinosaurs!, Homeland, Outcast, The ... Read More →

Sunday July 19, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Piedmont Salon 3

Costuming/Cosplay

ConGregate 12

1:00pm EDT

Tom Hutchens

John Dondero

Dave Fretz

Cheralyn Lambeth

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