Costume Society of Ontario

Go to the Publications Page for a description of some of the good things packed into this 36-page issue of the Costume Journal. This begins our 40th year, with another issue of Costume  Journal  and an anniversary AGM ahead in November. Between now and then, members will receive by mail the Membership Directory, several CSO Newsletters, and by e-mail to all who wish them, notices of events of interest between mailings.

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2010 Costume Society of Ontario Calendars may still be available, only $20.00 CAD (plus $2.95 postage when applicable).  Each month features different striking historic fashion prints, and a full page monthly calendar below—truly most attractive as well as useful.  The CSO is a charitable organization, so all proceeds from the sale of these calendars will go towards future CSO events and publications aimed to promote education in all aspects of dress and encourage preservation of historic costume and related source materials.

To order by mail, indicate number of the 2010 Costume Society of Ontario calendars you wish, at $20.00 each, plus that number x postage of $2.95 (in Canada), and send a cheque for the total to: Sarah Walker, 37 Parkington Crescent, Scarborough, ON, M1H 2T6; more information from Sarah Walker at 416-438-4826.

Outstanding content came with Vol. 38 Number 2 of the Costume Journal, received by all CSO members late November. News of exhibitions and events, feature articles, member profile, event and book reviews, plus resources lists—much to interest the costume and textile enthusiast.

Take out a membership and receive the Journal issues and CSO News sheets as well as a Membership Directory each year. See Membership page.

One special item of news in the Fall issue was the publication of CSO’s first wall calendar, and it is not too far into the year to pick this up!  Each month an original fashion print is shown, the earliest from 1770, the latest 1880, with commentary by Sarah Walker.  The prints are in the colours of the originals, inks added by colourists working with the printers, since techniques did not allow colour printing. The calendar opens to 17″ long by 11″ wide, with poster stock paper, and coil-bound pages—a delightful, high quality costume addition to your year.

Proceeds go directly to support the CSO, and the cost is $20 each plus $2.65 postage (total$22.65). For mail orders, make your cheque out to “Costume Society of Ontario” and send it with your name and address to Costume Society of Ontario, Box 981, Station F, Toronto, ON  M4Y 2N9

Your CSO Editor, Suzanne McLean, has sent out the first CSO News issue for 2009. It has news and information on a variety of events of interest to CSO members, plus a listing of the Executive Committee for the coming year. If you are interested in costume, look at our Publications and Membership pages on this site,and join CSO to receive the substantial issues of Costume Journal that will come out late Spring and Fall, as well as other single sheet issues of CSO News, and a most helpful Membership Directory.

One news item has been entered in detail  on our Links page: the Podcast from Bata Shoe Museum on a Shoe of the Month. Read more on the Links page, with a live link to the Bata website.

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