New Orleans Mardi Gras costumes have more in common with “those of Nice, France, and Venice, Italy, both cities with longstanding Carnival traditions,” Smith said.

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 ...

Coastal Mississippi Mardi Gras Museum at 792 Howard Ave. in downtown Biloxi celebrates the history and heritage of the Coast Mardi Gras with costumes and other displays.

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. Susana ...

Emily Topping A member of the Black Mohawk Mardi Gras Indian tribe peers out from inside their costume. According to one tribe member, the painstakingly-designed suits cost an average of $6,000 and ...

Gray has been creating handmade costumes for Mard Gras royalty for 43 years. (WLOX) She’s been creating Mardi Gras costumes for the Gulf Coast Carnival Association since 1980.

VaCajun in Branch uses their own fabric to give Mardi Gras costumes a more cajun appeal for customers By: Jae Malbrough Posted 4:17 PM, Jan 30, 2025 and last updated 10:05 AM, Feb 03, 2025 ...

In Branch, in rural Acadia Parish, Karen Thibodeaux and her staff create Mardi Gras costumes at Sew What! Design. Revelers wear the flamboyant creations to strut their stuff at courir de Mardi Gras.

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).

Brazil’s Carnival and New Orleans’s Mardi Gras are two of the most famous examples, but similar festivals are held everywhere from Switzerland to Slovenia to Guinea-Bissau.

New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras Day with costumes and revelry despite weather concerns Print Video By Jack Brook - Associated Press - Tuesday, March 4, 2025 ...