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San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Costume Designers Guild Panels

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There’s a lot more to San Diego Comic-Con than big studio Hall H announcements and celebrity panels. If you love fashion, cosplay and costuming there’s always some great panels on the schedule, and this year is no exception.

The Costume Designers Guild has three panels planned for this year’s show. Each will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at process behind creating the looks behind some fan-favorite franchises like The Hunger GamesOrvilleAtlasAvengers: Infinity WarThe MandalorianThe Last of UsThe Fall GuyThe Boys, and more!

Keep going for a look at this year’s Costume Designers Guild panels!

Thursday, July 25:

The Secret To The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake Costumes

 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT 

Room 9

Oscar and Emmy nominated costume designer Trish Summerville (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), assistant costume designer Corey Deist (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Red Sparrow), costume concept artist Gloria Kim (The Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes, Orville), costume concept artist Oksana Nedavniaya (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) and fabric buyer Allison Agler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Star Trek: Picard) with moderator Spencer Williams (creator of the Art of Costume Podcast) discuss creating costumes which conjure a dystopian future.

Image: Lionsgate

Friday, July 26:

Behind The Futuristic Costumes of Netflix’s Atlas

2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT 

Room 23 ABC

Emmy winning costume designer Daniel Orlandi (Atlas, X-Men Dark Phoenix, Logan), assistant costume designer and moderator Ivy Heather Thaide (Atlas, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), costume concept artist Imario Susilo (Atlas, Ashoka, The Mandalorian), costume supervisor Mitch Kenny (Atlas, Star Trek: Picard), key costumer Amy Arnold (Atlas, Avengers: Infinity War) and custom made, pattern maker/tailor Sharon McGunigle (Atlas, Star Trek: Picard) reveal the complex world of Atlas where Jennifer Lopez is an anti-AI warrior who lives in a future which where fashion is still impactful.

Saturday, July 27:

Ordinary People Extraordinary Characters

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm PDT 

Room 10

Emmy-winning costume designer Cynthia Summers (The Last of Us S1, Goosebumps), assistant costume designer Kelsey Chobotar (The Last of Us S1, Goosebumps), Emmy-nominated costume designer Sarah Evelyn (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train), assistant costume designer Anne Loppert (The Fall Guy), costume designer Wendy Chuck (Twilight, Live Action Lilo & Stitch), costume concept artist Gina Dedomencio (The Boys, Red One) with moderator Phillip Boutte creative director/costume concept artist (Stranger Things season 5, Wakanda Forever) will discuss using the language of streetwear to create superheroes and villains.

Marena Bronson is an award-winning journalist, a life-long nerd, and the Editor-in-Chief of Fashion and Fandom. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

H/T: SDCCBlog.com