For a simpler option, zip ties fastened to a head band can create a lightweight and easy corona effect ... tricks that translate well to Mardi Gras costume makeup. As for materials, invest ...

Happy Mardi Gras to all the glue gun wielders and DIY costumers in New Orleans. Here are a few that caught our eye. The ...

For 12 years Karen Thibodeaux has made Mardi Gras costumes for people to wear as they chase chickens. Well, there’s more to it than that. In Branch, in rural Acadia Parish, Thibodeaux and her ...

For more than a decade, this family-run costume shop has been the go-to for over 50 Mardi Gras krewes, crafting elaborate ...

EUNICE, La. (KLFY) — The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition is still celebrated in Cajun Country, along with its traditional costumes. However, there are few traditional costume makers left.

Karen Thibodeaux, the owner of Vacajun is known for making costumes for the Mardi Gras season. It was orginally just a sewing business at her home, but it progressed to Mardi Gras ball gowns and ...

Mardi Gras is all about the parades. Giant floats, extravagant costumes, loud music, decorative masks and, of course, infamous beads. Even if you don't find yourself in New Orleans for the holiday ...

(WKRG) — The carnival experience would not be complete without Mardi Gras balls, but the tuxedos ... Most carnival balls require guests to show up in Costume de Rigueur. The French word relates ...

Brazil’s Carnival and New Orleans’s Mardi Gras are two of the most famous examples ... Books), photographer Jason Gardner documents the costumes and masks that make Carnival so visually ...

GULF COAST, Miss. (WLOX) - On Sunday, seamstress Shelia Gray of Vancleave showed off some of her finest handmade Mardi Gras costumes. In less than a month, the streets of the Mississippi Gulf ...

The first Mardi Gras balls in South Mississippi were presented more than 100 years ago and continue today with pageantry, secrecy and elaborate costumes. The pages of the Daily Herald and Sun ...