By Sheila Gray Sheila Gray of Vancleave has been creating the ornate costumes for the Gulf Coast Carnival Association court since 1980. She shared with us the process of creating a perfect carnival gown. FIRST STOP: NEW YORK We try to go to New York to look for fabrics because there is such a variety […]
By Andi Oustalet Mardi Gras is one of the most wonderful times on the Coast. Thousands of revelers line parade routes and dress extravagantly for balls, but most of them likely don’t completely understand what goes into the development and execution of Mardi Gras. I have been involved with Mardi Gras for more than 20 […]
By Jocelyn Gavin-Lane It’s a new year full of new goals, plans and affirmations. But how do you nail down and, most importantly, work your plan? There are several steps to creating an optimal vision for the new year. Vision boards are a wonderful tool, but do you actually know what they are? If you […]
BEFORE MY TRANSFORMATION I was always a “big girl,” but I vividly remember the day I KNEW I had to make a change. It was the day of my college freshman formal, and my friend had a hard time zipping up the formal gown I had rented four months ago. Granted, this dress was the […]
By Jocelyn Gavin-Lane It’s a new year full of new goals, plans and affirmations. But how do you nail down and, most importantly, work your plan? There are several steps to creating an optimal vision for the new year. Vision boards are a wonderful tool, but do you actually know what they are? If you […]
By Denise Keyser Let’s face it; we live in a toxic environment. We breathe, eat, bathe and walk in various forms of toxins. A study by the Pesticide Action Network found that in 9,282 Americans, an average of 13 pesticides were present in each person. Toxins can be found in the brain and nervous system, […]
