Mardi Gras is known for its vibrant parades, extravagant costumes and raucous celebrations ... top of a greased pole," Jackson said. "It was wild from start to finish.” Beyond the revelry ...

Photo highlights today: Mardi Gras Indians emerged early to display their feathered and beaded costumes. Jabari Johnson and Jesiree Molett walk with Big Chief Howard Miller, of the Creole Wild ...

“It takes six or seven months to make a costume,” says David Perry, one of the big chiefs of the Wild Red Flame Indian tribe. “That’s sewing three or four hours a day after you get home from work, ...

These costumes are a particularly arresting aspect ... For all the traditions, deep play and history, one thing is clear: rural Mardi Gras is wild — with escapades full of revelry and abandon ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early ... whose spectacular beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered ...

Works started in August to create the costumes for three Coast Mardi Gras balls, she said. In 1994, the theme of the Southernettes carnival ball was “Take a Walk on the Wild Side,” and King ...

Olivia “Livvy” Dunne took her 5.3 million Instagram followers on a wild ride Saturday as the Grand Marshal of the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans before Mardi Gras. Clad in an emerald ...

For more than a decade, this family-run costume shop has been the go-to for over 50 Mardi Gras krewes, crafting elaborate outfits for thousands of riders across parades big and small.