Mardi Gras Treasures: Costume Designs of the Golden Age

by Henri Schindler

Overview

Golden Age costume design was a tremendous spectacle of whimsy, mythology, and satire. Costumes included an extraordinary array of creatures: demons, fairies, magicians, animals and vegetables real and imagined, and a host of others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565547247
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/30/2002
Series:	Mardi Gras Treasures
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,129,600
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Henri Schindler, a New Orleans native, is the acclaimed designer of Mardi Gras parades and balls for some of the city's most eminent societies. He is highly regarded among Carnival historians for his knowledge of the festival's rich cultural legacy, and of its forgotten artists and builders.