Time To Plan Your Mardi Gras Attire
Every year as Fat Tuesday approaches people all over the country begin to consider what they want to put together for their Mardi Gras attire to attend the parties this time around. Some people take the easy way out of ordering a complete costume on the internet, some crafty individuals spend hours meticulously creating their own unique costumes, and others find a happy medium that allows them to have a stylish and unique costume without spending days laboring over a sewing machine. Whether you choose to buy a costume or make your own, the trick to putting together an amazing costume to celebrate is being as unique as you possibly can.
However this is not always easy, since the overwhelming majority of Mardi Gras costumes are based off of a handful of ideas. The traditional Mardi Gras attire generally includes Venetian-style jester, tragedy or comedy masks, lots of beaded necklaces, and revealing clothing in purple, green and gold. This style has evolved over the ages, particularly in the amount of skin shown, but overall the themes of jester, tragedy and comedy as well as the beads and colors purple, green and gold have remained constant. Nearly every mask and costume that you seek to purchase will incorporate these elements.
The trick is take these standard themes and to make them all your own. You can do this by subtly altering the costume designs that you see and adding little unique pieces of flair, such as additional jewelry or a specially tailored costume. Some individuals go with black and white checkers instead of the green and gold, others use different Venetian mask styles, and so on. Take your basic theme and run with it, incorporating hats, body paint, beads and any flair you can think of!