The “Iron” costume, seen here in the men’s version, was named for “the first strike, very heartbeat and soul of the rhythm section.” (Photo: Kyeon Lucian Constantine) The “Iron” costume, seen here in ...

You’ve heard of Caribbean carnivals – the epic fetes aka parties, the nonstop partying, the intoxicating soca music, lack of sleep and countless stories of it being an absolute must experience for any ...

Andrea Mercury will be securing the last rhinestones and final feathers to her band’s Carnival costumes up to the last possible second. “Until it’s time to actually go on the road, we’ll be here,” ...

The queen of Carnival has arrived! On Monday, Aug. 5, “Diamonds” singer Rihanna made her grand entrance in a custom bedazzled costume at the annual Crop Over Festival in her home country of Barbados.

In a gem of a show at Efraín López gallery in Tribeca through October 26, Braxton Garneau takes Trinidad's legendary carnival costumes to the next level in his new series of mixed-media works.

This week thousands of revelers hit Jamaica for what’s being called the largest Carnival in the island’s history. While many people associate carnival with Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil, Jamaica ...

The work of Carnival costume designers Helen Clark Warren (1895-1973) and John C. Scheffler (1939-2012) is on display through Dec. 4, 2016, at the Louisiana State Museum in the Presbytère, 751 ...

The world of Carnival costume design lost two giants within the past six months with the deaths of San Nicholas and Carter Church. Wayne Phillips, curator of costumes at the Louisiana State Museum, ...

Dressed These Carnival Costumes Are Seriously the Most Amazing Things You'll See All Day I don't know about your neck of the woods, but outside my apartment it's freezing cold and everything is ...