Here are the awards given for pieces in the Parallel Dimensions in Design runway show.

In addition, Dawn McKechnie, winner of the "Dr Terwilliker Memorial Award" for her Future Fashion Folio design for "Little Miss Malicious" was presented with a copy of The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T; the prize was presented by Convention Chair Kevin Roche, sponsor of the award.

Ms McKechnie was also presented with a copy of "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" by PDiD Directors Bruce and Dana MacDermott for her overwhelming support for the Seussian subtheme in the Folio.

Here is the complete run order for the pieces presented in the Parallel Dimensions in Design show at Costume-Con 26.

1. Art to Wear
   Lost & Found
   Designed by: Julia Hyll
   Created by: Julia Hyll
   Presented by: Julia Hyll
2. Art to Wear
   The Lost Button
   Designed by: Kathe Barrows
   Created by: Kathe Barrows
   Presented by: Kathe Barrows
3. Art to Wear
   Interpretation of a Late 20th Century Scarlett O'Hara Ball Gown
   Designed by: Darcy Fowkes and J Rosella Myers
   Created by: Darcy Fowkes and J Rosella Myers
   Presented by: Darcy Fowkes
4. Art to Wear
   Cyber Pink and August
   Designed by: Jean Battiato
   Created by: Jean Battiato
   Presented by: Eric Prill
5. Art to Wear
   A Go Go Boy from Jupiter
   Designed by: Doghood
   Created by: Doghood
   Presented by: Doghood
6. Art to Wear
   Zig Zag Beat
   Designed by: Doghood and Wayne Rhodes
   Created by: Doghood and Wayne Rhodes
   Presented by: Wayne Rhodes
7. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
   Who's in your Rose Garden
   Designed by: Julia Hyll
   Created by: Julia Hyll
   Presented by: Richard Hyll
8. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
   Lace Mueller
   Designed by: Judith Hollenberger
   Created by: Judith Hollenberger
   Presented by: Judith Hollenberger
9. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
   Reception at the Center of the Earth
   Designed by: Judith Hollenberger
   Created by: Judith Hollenberger
   Presented by: Judith Hollenberger
10. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
    Mad Veterinarian Hat
    Designed by: Lisa Root
    Created by: Lisa Root
    Presented by: Lisa Root
11. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
    No Bad Days
    Designed by: Lisa Root
    Created by: Lisa Root
    Presented by: Katherine Webb
12. Hat (Single Pattern Contest)
    Tipsy Topper
    Designed by: Nora Mai
    Created by: Nora Mai
    Presented by: Nora Mai
13. Kontusz (Single Pattern Contest)
    Vintner's Kontusz
    Designed by: Nora Mai
    Created by: Nora Mai
    Presented by: Nora Mai
14. Kontusz (Single Pattern Contest)
    The Russkaya Prostitutka
    Designed by: Nicole Roberts & Dot Caffrey
    Created by: Nicole Roberts
    Presented by: Nicole Roberts
15. Kontusz (Single Pattern Contest)
    Future Court Jester
    Designed by: Elizabeth Mittmann
    Created by: Elizabeth Mittmann
    Presented by: Elizabeth Mittmann
16. Kontusz (Single Pattern Contest)
    Saramations? I thought you said Dalmatians!
    Designed by: Karen Siemens
    Created by: Karen Siemens
    Presented by: Karen Siemens
17. Kontusz (Single Pattern Contest)
    Dragon's Apprentice
    Designed by: Erin Mittmann
    Created by: Erin Mittmann
    Presented by: Erin Mittmann
18. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    Florabelle
    Designed by: Catherine Leeson
    Created by: Catherine & Irene Leeson
    Presented by: Catherine Leeson
19. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    Ren Fair Nightmare
    Designed by: Mary Ellen Smith
    Created by: Mary Ellen Smith
    Presented by: Keri Doering
20. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    The Blossoming Rose
    Designed by: Kimberly Gruenke
    Created by: Kimberly Gruenke
    Presented by: Kimberly Gruenke
21. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    Halloween Clown
    Designed by: Dawn McKechnie
    Created by: Dawn McKechnie
    Presented by: Dawn McKechnie
22. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    Hot Pink Harlequin Fancies Flight
    Designed by: Loretta Gilmartin
    Created by: Loretta Gilmartin
    Presented by: Maurine Starkey
23. Clown (Single Pattern Contest)
    Remembrance of Threads Past
    Designed by: Jacqueline M. Ward
    Created by: Jacqueline M. Ward
    Presented by: Jacqueline M. Ward
24. Future Fashion
    The New Fashion in Airline Security
    Designed by: Dawn McKechnie
    Created by: Dorothy O'Hare
    Presented by: Bill Howard
25. Future Fashion
    Modesty Wrap
    Designed by: Karen Heim
    Created by: Karen Heim
    Presented by: Anne Davenport
26. Future Fashion
    Elegant Gothic Lolita Afternoon Ensemble
    Designed by: Nora Mai
    Created by: Karen Heim
    Presented by: Karen Heim
27. Future Fashion
    Palace Protocol Officer
    Designed by: Janet Wilson Anderson
    Created by: Janet Wilson Anderson
    Presented by: Janet Wilson Anderson
28. Future Fashion
    Flame Coat
    Designed by: Janet Wilson Anderson
    Created by: Jonnalyhn Wolfcat
    Presented by: Joe Kukowski
29. Future Fashion
    Elder Statesman
    Designed by: Pierre and Sandy Pettinger
    Created by: Pierre E Pettinger
    Presented by: Pierre E Pettinger
30. Future Fashion
    Knight of The Triad
    Designed by: Pierre and Sandy Pettinger
    Created by: JoAnn Abbott
    Presented by: Scott Abbott
31. Future Fashion
    If Jules Verne Had Been Julia: The Lighthouse Keeper
    Designed by: Alison Kondo
    Created by: Karen Dick
    Presented by: Karen Dick
32. Future Fashion
    Sheriff McPeaches' Sneetch Breeches
    Designed by: Dawn McKechnie
    Created by: Greg Sardo
    Presented by: Greg Sardo
33. Future Fashion
    Auntie's Fluzzy Wuz Coat and Fancy Flurbish Hat
    Designed by: Dawn McKechnie
    Created by: Mary Ellen Smith
    Presented by: Mary Ellen Smith
34. Future Fashion
    Merovingian Emperor's Nouveau Walking Suit
    Designed by: Phil D. Page, aka Kevin Roche
    Created by: Kevin Roche
    Presented by: Kevin Roche
35. Future Fashion
    Priestess of the Sky Goddess
    Designed by: F.W. Evans
    Created by: Loretta Gilmartin
    Presented by: Loretta Gilmartin
36. Future Fashion
    Smoke and Mirrors
    Designed by: F.W. Evans
    Created by: Lisa Ashton
    Presented by: Lisa Ashton
37. Future Fashion
    Black Widow
    Designed by: Sarah Ittyerah
    Created by: Sarah Ittyerah
    Presented by: Gail Wolfenden-Steib
38. Future Fashion
    Future Formal Wear 2
    Designed by: Zhang Tian
    Created by: Kathe Barrows
    Presented by: Sandy Pettinger
39. Future Fashion
    Little Miss Malicious
    Designed by: Dawn McKechnie
    Created by: Genevieve Hildebrand-Chupp
    Presented by: Genevieve Hildebrand-Chupp
40. Future Fashion
    Fae Warrior
    Designed by: Dana Teh
    Created by: Jonnalyhn Wolfcat
    Presented by: Jonnalyhn Wolfcat

On Sunday morning at Costume-Con 26, join our local paparazzi to be be bemused and amazed by a parade of fun and fashion at Parallel Dimensions in Design, our runway fashion show. It's up to you whether you enjoy the show from a seat in the audience or from the runway itself!

Parallel Dimensions in Design will feature garments resulting from three different competitions:

• Future Fashion designs created by members from plates in the CC26 Future Fashion Folio
• Garments made based on one of the 3 patterns chosen for the CC26 Single Pattern Competition
• Art to Wear creations submitted and accepted by our jury for the runway exhibition

If you wish to participate, you can reserve a design from the Folio using our online system, or you can email ffshow@cc26.org to inquire about the Single Pattern Contest or Art to Wear exhibition.

There are three patterns for this year's single pattern competition. You may select any of them and tweak and interpret, embellish and modify as you see fit. Two of the patterns were selected in time for optional inclusion in the Folio. You can still select either of these patterns to work with.

They are

• The Kontusz (Polish Coat) Pattern from Reconstructing History Patterns
• The Wellington Hat from Lynn McMasters
• The third pattern is Simplicity pattern 9800.
  http://www.simplicity.com
  Yes, it really is a clown costume, suitable for any age costumer of any gender or persuasion.

Registration for the Single Pattern competition can be done in advance or at the convention up to Saturday mid day. The absolute deadline will be announced after scheduling is complete. Needless to say, we prefer if you register in advance. There will be an online registration form for this, but in the meantime you may simple email us at ffshow@cc26.org informing us of your intention to enter.

Updates on competition and staging details will be communicated to those registered for the event and posted on the website

Costume-Con does not always have an Art to Wear event, but in keeping with our mini-theme, it seemed as though Parallel Dimensions in Design really ought to include it.

What is Art to Wear? It's a...
"Fine-Something-That-All-People-Need! It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat. But it has other uses. Yes, far beyond that." Dr Seuss, The Lorax

Do you have an article of clothing you have created that is not quite a costume, doesn't fit into any of the other events, but uses creative techniques to result in something unique and artistic? Or do you want to build something of this nature in time for CC-26?

If so, the Art to Wear competition may be the ideal place for you. Your entry can be a single piece of clothing, or an outfit. It can be completely of your construction, or something you have embellished into an entirely new identity.

For this event, we will need you to register in advance with a photograph of your item and a description of what it is, and how you did it. Although you can send us up to a half page of description, we will need one paragraph of up to 50 words for the MC to read. We reserve the right to jury the entries for this competition.

Email us at ffshow@cc26.org or contact us by mail. Once again, updates on competition and staging details will be communicated to those registered for the event.

Bruce and Dana MacDermott, Co-Directors, Parallel Dimensions in Design, 2801 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

The Official Video DVDs of the Costume-Con 26 Stage Competitions are now available for order!

There are two DVDs available:

• CC26-SIFI - Contains the Science Fiction Masquerade Event.
• CC26-HIST - Contains the Historical Masquerade and the Dimensions In Design Event.

Each DVD is $14.00 Dollars (includes shipping). Order requests should be sent to

Eric Cannon,
6446 Abbeydale Court,
Orlando, Florida, 32818.
Checks should be made payable to "Eric Cannon".

If you prefer, you may contact him at RRVORLANDO (at) MSN.COM, if you would prefer to pay via PAYPAL.

From page to stage, Costume-Con's fashion competitions allow you to take the role of couturier, designing your own spring collection and having it modeled on the runway. A challenge for both the designer and the manufacturer, Future Fashion merges the real with the fantastic, the practical with the decorative, and in the best cases the ridiculous with the sublime. We are currently planning three main outlets for your fashion visions:

Future Fashion Folio and Future Fashion Show

Did you enjoy Fashion Plates or Katy Keene when you were a kid (watch it, you're dating yourself)? Do you like sketching wild and avant-garde fashion designs? The Future Fashion Folio is full of designs selected by our jury from sketches submitted by designers from around the world!

The selected designs were assembled by editor Karen Tully and her staff into a keepsake unique to Costume-Con. The Folio will be sent out to all registered members, or delivered in person at the conference when we get close to the its weekend

Once the Folio is sent out, the second part of the fun begins! If you're the kind of person who likes figuring out how to actually make something from little more than a sketch and a description, you can make a design from the Folio for our at-con Future Fashion Show. (Note that you must be a member of the convention to be in the show). Instructions for reserving designs for the show from Bruce and Dana MacDermott, our Fashion Show Directors, may be found here on this page as well

Single Pattern Competition

Like to alter/embellish, but hate to draft patterns? Perhaps the Single Pattern Competition is the outlet for your talents. We select some patterns that lend themselves to embellishment, and then turn you and your imagination loose on them.  Bring your finished pieces to the convention to be judged by our panel of costumers and wearable artists, and then show it off during the Sunday Fashion Show!

Art to Wear

We also have room for those artistic garment creations that aren't costumes, aren't future fashion, but really ought to be seen by an appreciative audience. A juried runway exhibition of Art to Wear is the third component of our Fashion competitions ensemble.

Models:

For information about the Future Fashion Show, at-con Single Pattern Competition, or modeling, please email Dana and Bruce at ffshow@cc26.org

A few of our designers gave us permission to post images of their submissions on our website. You can get a sneak preview of some highlights of the Costume-Con 26 Future Fashion Folio in our gallery. If available, we've posted the color version!. Of course, the only way to see all the designs in the Folio is to join Costume-Con 26 as an Attending or Supporting Member!

Parallel Dimensions in Design will offer (optional) workmanship judging for all categories of entries: Folio; Single Pattern and Art to Wear.
Awards will be given to recognize excellence; ICG Guideline-style competition levels may be considered as an indication of experience.
At the discretion of the Show Directors and Judges, special awards may be given for any work that evokes Dr. Seuss.
Entries from the Folio will be eligible for awards for the realization of the original designs.
All judging will take place backstage or before the show.
Complete information on the judging process, guidelines and rules will be released at a future date.

Here is your Folio, check out each page
For the entry you're dying to take on the stage.
The runway is calling, you know what to do:
Reserve it, and build it. The show counts on you!

Parallel Dimensions in Design, aka The Future Fashion Show, will be held on Sunday, April 27th, 2008, as part of Costume-Con 26. To participate, you must be an attending member of CC26.

Here is how to get into the show.

1. Submit a design reservation request via regular mail, e-mail or log in and use the reservation form on this site no sooner than December 5, 2007 (15 days after the Folio was mailed to registered attendees)
   Requests will be honored in order of postmark date OR e-mail date stamp, not the order received.
   
   We highly recommend using the online reservation form as it places your request directly into our database without any risk of transcription errors. It also automatically generates a postmark.
   
   Reservations may not be made by phone, text message, or instant messaging.
2. Designers always have first claim to their designs. Designs that have already been reserved exclusively for their designer are so indicated in the Folio.
3. You may select three or more designs and indicate your order of preference. If you wish to create more than one design, be sure to indicate that as well. You may build more than one design for the Fashion Show, but you may only appear on stage once.
4. It may be possible, at the discretion of the Designer and the Directors, for more than one member to create a design. Otherwise, choices will be assigned based upon availability. If all of your choices are unavailable, you will be notified promptly.
5. When making a reservation for a design, please include your name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), your CC26 membership number from your mailing label, and your preferred way to receive your reservation confirmation (e-mail or postal).
6. We will confirm your design reservations via your stated preference. This will allow you the maximum time for procurement of materials and production of your creation.

E-mail your reservation requests to: ffshow@cc26.info
Or mail them to:
Parallel Dimensions in Design
2801 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705-2305
Please note: if you are reserving one or more designs, we will need to be in contact with you as the Convention approaches. An e-mail address would be optimal