How to Plan Your Own Masquerade Ball Party

The origin of the Venetian masks and the masquerade balls goes back to the 13th century although they became predominant emblems of “Carnevales” of the 17th century Venice. In a society ruled by the conservative church, which condemned all sorts of flippancies, the masquerade balls and masks were great means of indulging in those very unsavory acts without revealing the gender, or identity of the wearers. Today, masquerade balls are still held...

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How to Make Your Own Masquerade Ball Masks

If you are contemplating on purchasing masquerade ball masks for the theme party in the coming weekend, how about lending it a customized look by going for a Do It Yourself endeavor? In this way you can cache in some money while becoming the cynosure of the Mardi Gras ball by appearing in your mysterious attire. Ingredients Required The basic ingredients required are two white masks for making the male and female masks, spray paint and a dowel...

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The History of Masquerade Masks

Masquerade connotes to concealing your appearance and persona to make it intriguing and mysterious with the help of a veil or mask. The masquerade masks have been significant right from the twelfth century era. They were initially used in Venetian carnivals to conceal a person’s appearance. Let’s discuss the evolution of these masks: Used for disguising They were used by wealthy and the affluent for disguising and to get liberated from...

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Most popular types of Venetian Carnival masks

So you’ve got a big masquerade party coming up and you want to look classy and elegant at the same time. A great idea is to attend the event wearing beautiful Venetian masks for masquerade ball along with an elegant Italian outfit to complete the attire and make you look like a million bucks. Venetian masks for masquerade ball are not like your everyday masks that you can pick up at any local dress up shop. These are beautiful and exquisite works...

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All you Ever Wanted to Know about the Carnival!

Carnival or ‘Carnevale’ is among the largest celebrations in Italy. Also celebrated in many other parts of Europe and Latin America, this festival is complete with masquerade parties and Venetian masks! In Venice and in all other parts of the world, the Carnival takes plays on the days leading up to Lent. During the 40 days of Lent, parties, eating meat, sugar and fats are off limits. As a consequence of which the Italians would try to get...

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