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 ...
For more than 15 years, Colleen Phillips and her mother Valerie Smith with D-Val Designs have provided Mardi Gras royalty with extravagant costumes. The process begins with a conversation with each ...
When they thought about costumes, they decided to learn some beadwork techniques from Mardi Gras Indians. “Once they taught us their techniques, we started finding our own techniques ...