Venetian Carnival Masks | Venetian Masks

1001 Venetian Masks is one of the leading suppliers of a wide range of beautiful carnival masks in Venice, Italy..

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Top Carnival Destinations in the World

Carnival, Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday; whatever you choose to call it, the last day before the start of Lent, the 40 days of repentance is famous to bring out the wild side of millions of people all over the world. In fact, in many countries, locals are known to spend over a month taking to the streets, parading, donning Venetian masks, and partying late into the wee hours of the morning. Venice, Rio and New Orleans are just some of the many popular...

Saturday, 19 October 2013

Add Fun to Dressing up This Halloween

It is October and is time again to start planning your perfect costume for Halloween. Halloween costumes are conventionally reproduced taking influences from supernatural figures such as ghosts, devils, monsters, skeletons and witches. The idea behind dressing up in costumes at parties is to portray frightening creatures. Dressing up in fancy attire and going ‘guising’ was widespread in Ireland and Scotland at Halloween by the late 19th century....