Bio

Aurora Celeste is a costume dabbler with almost 20 years' experience who shares her costuming knowledge on her blog at dramaticthreads.com. Her costuming interests are all over, but her passion is reproducing costumes, including sci-fi and fantasy movies and tv shows, anime, and historical. In 2009 she received degrees in Theater & Film and History from the University of Kansas, concentrating in Theater and Film Costuming and the History of Fashion. She gives panels and enters masquerades all over the country, has won Best in Show at masquerades including Costume-Cons 24 and 30 as well as the Chicon and LoneStarCon WorldCons, and has served on the International Costumers' Guild Board of Directors. When she's not costuming at a convention she's often behind the scenes running them. She has served as staff and panelist on many conventions across the continent including CostumeCon, Arisia, AnimeNorth, WorldCon, and Archon and a con chair at Costume-Con 37 in Boston and Naka-Kon Anime Convention in Kansas City.