Like no other article of clothing, the hat is an embodiment of its wearer. It has functioned historically as a social signifier, revealing characteristics as diverse as class, occupation, and personal style.

The CDG Corporate Sponsorship Program offers vendors the deepest possible association and reach with the Guild and its members. Providing benefits beyond a simple advertising program, there are four levels of participation available, each offering a mix of different ad vehicles, marketing opportunities and branding benefits. The CDG greatly values the support and contribution of […]

Luster Bayless had a warm southern affect, but was fearless. He lived his life in hyperbole, from playing a championship football game directly after appendix surgery to hitchhiking cross country on the promise of a job in Hollywood. costumedesignersguild.com/press_news/last-looks-luster-bayless/">Read More

Fantasy and fetish formed on a foot, the shoe has never been more important. “Sex and the City” ushered in a renaissance of Manolos, Louboutins, and Jimmy Choos to Middle America…

For information regarding advertising and sponsorship opportunities with the Costume Designers Guild, please contact Dan Evans at IngleDodd Media by phone (310) 918-4882 or email CDG@ingledodd.com.

New York Times:
There’s another Oscar-related clothes issue currently getting Hollywood all worked up: the fight for equal pay being waged by the members of the Costume Designers Guild. Costume designers, who are 83 percent female, are paid 30 percent less than production designers (their organizational-chart peers), who are 80 percent male, according to research from the U.S.C. Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and the Annenberg Foundation.

“Design is design. As a designer, you’re trained to see line and proportion, and you’re sensitive to those elements—no matter which discipline you’re working in.”