Dr. Corey Hebert, WDSU's medical editor, is interviewed on the air Mardi Gras morning before riding as a member of the Krewe of Zulu. Hebert has been a member of Zulu for about 12 years.

Tuesday is Mardi Gras — but many New Orleanians don't reserve just one day to don their costumes. The city embraces the notion that every now and then, it's good to become someone you're not.

Happy Mardi Gras to all the glue gun wielders and DIY costumers in New Orleans. Here are a few that caught our eye. The members of Krewe des Fleurs make their own flower costumes every year. Photo ...

Mardi Gras costumes and fashion are the attractions at 'From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: Two Carnival Artists' exhibition opening Sue Strachan Mar 23, 2015 1 min to read 1 of 12 ...

Revelers make their way down St. Charles Avenue during a Mardi Gras parade on February 15, 2015. Jonathan Bachman/Reuters ...

Colorful costumes are the name of the game on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. These three were in Treme at dawn. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune).

Costumes are a huge part of the Mardi Gras celebrations in the French Quarter, and Tuesday’s designs did not disappoint. The French Quarter’s most famous street, Bourbon Street, and parallel ...

In 1730, a French reveller in New Orleans described his Mardi Gras costume: a "French shepherdess, along with plenty of beauty marks, too, and even on my breasts, which I had plumped up." ...

Much like New Orleans, krewes and members go all out spending hundreds to thousands on just costumes. Breaux says, “It can cost you anywhere from a visit to the thrift shop and $25 to $25,000!” ...

Diane Brown of D & D Creations says at least 400-500 royal court costumes are pushed out every year along with about 7,000 krewe costumes. And there are no duplicates. Each costume is unique.