How To Bring Home Your Carnival Backpack

October 3, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hi Carnivalists, I have been asked by a few readers for some tips on transporting costumes (especially large feathers) back home and decided to finally write a post on it. Our carnival costumes have become so expensive that it would pain most of us to throw the feathers away, especially those $2,000usd costumes from Trinidad […]

Costume Expectations vs. Reality

August 19, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Carnivalists! As we patiently stalk scan carnival sites for band launch images, we ooh and aah about how pretty the costumes are and think OMG (ALL THOSE FEATHERS) but in reality, band launches are the perfected versions of the costume you hope to chip in on the road. As carnival becomes more popular across the globe, the cost […]