The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) was founded in 1953 by a group of 30 motion picture costume designers. As of this date, international membership includes over 750 motion picture, television, and commercial costume designers, assistant costume designers and costume illustrators. The CDG publishes the CDG Newsletter six times a year, and a magazine, The Costume Designer (founded, 2005), quarterly. It produces the annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which recognizes excellence in costume design in motion pictures, television, and commercials.