Upcoming Issues

(Updated: 26 August 2010)

Here are upcoming issues of VC that are currently "under construction". Each issue includes a theme, a publication date, a list of planned articles, and the status. There is also a list of "wanted" articles for each issue. Please review the "wanted" lists and either contribute an article, or help identify contributors for these items.

A theme just helps tie together a group of articles. Feel free to submit articles on other subjects for any issue. Who knows, your article may even spark a new issue with its own theme. That actually happened with an article that a member recently submitted. Write about subjects that you know and love.

We are looking for additional feature-length articles for Volume 9 Issue 1 on "Fantasy Costuming." If you would be interested in writing an article on costumes or accessories for your favorite fantasy genre, please let us know.

The latest issue to be announced, Volume 9 Issue 2, will have "Militaria" as its theme. We're looking for articles on any imaginable aspect of military or military-inspired historical or sci-fi/fantasy costuming. Several articles are already committed or planned, so now is your chance to get in on this exciting new issue!

Contact us at vc@siwcostumers.org if you have ideas for themes, or would like to contribute articles for future issue. We'd love to hear from you! See the Submitting Articles page for information on preparing articles.

Volume 8 Issue 4

Theme: Victorian and Edwardian Styles
Publication date: November 14, 2010.
Deadline for submissions: October 22, 2010
Status: 1 completed, 9 committed, 2 planned

Planned Articles:

• Feature: In Rememberance of Me - Victorian Hair Jewery [committed]
• Feature: The Language of the Fan [committed]
• Feature: Recreating a Victorian Lady's Hunting Outfit [committed]
• Feature: Patents Pending - Victorian and Edwardian Clothing Patents [committed]
• Feature: Women of the Sky - Edwardian Women's Aviation Attire [committed]
• Feature: The Plume Trade -- The rise and fall of the Victorian feather industry [completed]
• Feature: Empress Eugenie and Her Court -- Recreating a Famous Painting in Cosumes [committed]
• Feature: Button, Button -- Victorian and Edwardian buttons [committed]
• Feature: Stereoviews -- A Resource for Historical Costuming [committed]
• Feature: A Close Look at a Vintage Victorian Man's Suit [planned]
• How-to: Corsets inexpensive and beautiful [committed]
• Review: A Selection of Books on Victorian Clothing Construction [committed]

Wanted:

• Feature: Repairing and Restoring Vintage Clothing
• Feature: Victorian hats
• Feature: Victorian capes
• Event reports
• Short subjects
• How-to: Victorian Childrens' Clothing
• How-to: Making Men's Collars
• Upcoming events: 12/2010 - 5/2011

Volume 9 Issue 1

Theme: Fantasy Costuming
Publication date: late February 20, 2011.
Deadline for submissions: January 28, 2011
Status: 6 committed

Planned Articles:

• Retrospective: Bill Theiss - The Art of Costuming Dangerously [committed]
• The Fantasy Word of Carnival and Mardi Gras Costumes [committed]
• Was the Mad Hatter Really Mad? [committed]
• Costuming Shakepeare's Fantasy Fairy World [committed]
• Panel: Costuming Fantasy - The Fantasy Writer's and Illustrator's Perspective [committed]
• Interview With A Real "Virtual Costumer": Gunther from "Luann" [committed]

Wanted:

• Fantasy Costuming in Bollywood Musicals
• Fantasy vs. Reality in Pirate Costuming
• How-to: Wings and Things - Constructing wings and other fantasy prosthetics
• Ideas for fantasy-themed articles
• Ideas for fantasy genera to cover
• Book review
• Event report
• Short subjects
• Upcoming events: 3/2011 - 8/2011

Volume 9 Issue 2

Theme: Militaria
Publication date: late May 2011.
Deadline for submissions: early May 2010
Status: 3 committed, 1 planned

Planned Articles:

• Feature: Becoming Gamling: Recreating Gamling's LOTR Battle Armor [committed]
• Feature: A Vorkosigan Military Costume [committed]
• Feature: Documenting the Construction of a 1910 Able Seaman's Uniform [committed]
• How-to: Military Braid [planned]

Wanted:

• Military influences on Women's Fashions
• Soldiers of God — Costuming the Salvation Army
• How Chain Mail Changed Military Combat
• SCA related article: 21st Century Materials for Working Medieval Combat Wear
• Feature: Naval costumes in the age of Tall Ships
• Spotlight: A WWII Officers Uniform
• How-to on building a helmet
• Feature on Samuri costuming - maybe Kurosawa costume analysis
• Campaign Wear — Clothing for British Colonial Military Campaings
• Other ideas for militaria-themed articles
• Book review
• Event report
• Short subjects
• Upcoming events: 6/2011 - 11/2011