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: ...

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 Ortego ...

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 ...

Once a year, New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood comes alive in a rainbow of intricately beaded costumes and feathers, paraded through the streets in a mesmerizing “strut.” In a city known for its ...

In the back of Emily Foley's Bywater shotgun home, racks of rhinestones, feathers and glitter lay in wait, ready to dazzle each year when Carnival season arrives. In New Orleans, costuming is a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The magic of Mardi Gras doesn’t happen overnight - it’s meticulously stitched, shaped, and sewn together in the bustling workspace of D&D Creations. For more than a decade, this ...

Hey guys, right here from the Royal Sosa New Orleans, we're on Bourbon Street where the crowds keep on filling *** lot of people in the area even though it's starting to rain *** little bit on and off ...

People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans’ historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm and celebrate Mardi Gras Day ...

New Orleans has a way of wrapping you in color, sound, and celebration the moment you arrive. But if you’ve ever wondered how ...

Did you fall in love at New Orleans Mardi Gras? Email me at [email protected] for publishing consideration. For an Ohio woman who grew up in the 1990s goth era, New Orleans was like a ...

These were some questions that ran through Cindy Lewin's mind when she was strapped in a Mardi Gras Gala costume for the first time in 2006. Lewin, a family nurse practitioner at Sergeant Bluff Family ...