NOLA Costumes

NOLA Costumes I am a self taught costume designer & creator in the great city of New Orleans. My work is for individuals. Custom costumes, not mass production. Don't. Even. Ask.

Thank you for taking a look at my portfolio. As the years continue, It's become apparent that I need to focus my talents and better describe what it is that I do. I love my career and I'd like to keep my clients happy and I can continue to do that by sticking to what I do best. So here it is...

Costumer Designer, Costumer, Costumed Entertainer, Wearable Art Creator

- I design costumes and headp

ieces. From sketch to the creation. I do not make suits, dresses or daily wear. All work is custom, and made to order. I do not loan or rent my costume inventory.

- I no longer make mass production costume pieces for krewes. Individual costume creations only.

- I am not a tailor. I do not do alterations on daily wear. Alterations or additions to costumes only.

- Hired costume entertainer. Like one of my pieces? You can hire me in costume for an event.

- Will gladly combine my painting skills to any costume piece for wearable art creations.

- I do not make children or pet costumes.

- Exposure is not currency.

It’s that time of year! 2014 with Mr Bingle. Reliving past glory, won’t be in any costumes this year. (I did not make Mr...
11/30/2022

It’s that time of year! 2014 with Mr Bingle. Reliving past glory, won’t be in any costumes this year. (I did not make Mr Bingle)

Last batch! There are 100’s more that will all soon be shared on the LDL (Louisiana Digital Library) what an astounding ...
11/29/2022

Last batch! There are 100’s more that will all soon be shared on the LDL (Louisiana Digital Library) what an astounding find by Costumes, Textiles & Carnival curator Wayne Phillips. Purchase of these 902 slides was made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Cabildo, the LBGT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, William A. and Elijah B. Hagler and the Louisiana Museum Foundation. The photos are believed to have been made by Joe Crews, a sailor who traveled to Mardi Gras every year from 1959 - 1971.

Last batch! There are 100’s more that will all soon be shared on the LDL (Louisiana Digital Library) what an astounding ...
11/29/2022

Last batch! There are 100’s more that will all soon be shared on the LDL (Louisiana Digital Library) what an astounding find by Costumes, Textiles & Carnival curator Wayne Phillips. Purchase of these 902 slides was made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Cabildo, the LBGT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, William A. and Elijah B. Hagler and the Louisiana Museum Foundation. The photos are believed to have been made by Joe Crews, a sailor who traveled to Mardi Gras every year.

More from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971. More info soon, I know Wayne knows these po...
11/29/2022

More from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971. More info soon, I know Wayne knows these possibly gay Krewe costumes. Let us know if you recognize anyone. #1969 #1970 #1971

More from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971. Photo 7- Harvey Hysell. More info soon, I k...
11/28/2022

More from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971. Photo 7- Harvey Hysell. More info soon, I know Wayne knows these possibly gay Krewe costumes. Let us know if you recognize anyone. #1969 #1970 #1971

More from the Bourbon Street Awards slides from 1971. This batch includes two of the most gorgeous costumes ever created...
11/27/2022

More from the Bourbon Street Awards slides from 1971. This batch includes two of the most gorgeous costumes ever created. 1st 3 slides-
The Krewe of Olympus was formed in 1970 by Lou Bernard, Nick Donovan. As the first captain, they recruited Jamie Greenleaf, who had brought the Krewe of Petronius to such grand heights with the Glorification of the American Girl ball in 1969. The krewe was the first to hold a ball at Chalmette's Saint Bernard Civic Auditorium, which could accommodate the growing number of attendees. Other krewes quickly followed suit.
1971
The first Olympus ball, Camelot, was an artistic tour-de-force that provided other gay krewes with a wake-up call. Greenleaf broke new ground with costumes, sets, music, and theme. King Olympus I was
Nick Donovan and Queen Olympus I was Gene Cheatham. (From Unveiling The Muse The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans. Howard Philips Smith) Pass along info if you recognize anyone from the remaking photos.

Bourbon Street Awards from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971? Wayne will know, & let us ...
11/27/2022

Bourbon Street Awards from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1969, 1970, 1971? Wayne will know, & let us know if you recognize anyone. #1969 #1970 #1971

Bourbon Street Awards from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1970, 1971? Wayne will know, & let us know i...
11/26/2022

Bourbon Street Awards from the vintage slides the museum recently acquired. 1970, 1971? Wayne will know, & let us know if you recognize anyone.

If you recognize anyone, please let Wayne Phillips or me know their identity. Slides are from 1959-1971, these are proba...
11/25/2022

If you recognize anyone, please let Wayne Phillips or me know their identity. Slides are from 1959-1971, these are probably 1970, ‘71. Love the Tyrone F. Horneigh & Gladys Ormphby characters #1970 #1971

No costumes, just street scenes from the museum’s recent slide acquisition. In love with the incredible workmanship in p...
11/24/2022

No costumes, just street scenes from the museum’s recent slide acquisition. In love with the incredible workmanship in photos 1 & 2. Hope we can figure out where this was. Photos 3- N. Peter’s & Decatur split vintage photo with One Shell Square (R) & the New Orleans Marriott (L) being built & both completed in 1972, photo 4- modern day. Photo 5- Ursuline & Chartres, old world meets new. Tall building on left is where I work! A gas station in the Quarter?! Photo 6- location today. Photo 7- a 1954 Chevy Bel Air, a vintage Art Car from Alaska? Photo 8- a drunky-pants reveler. Photos 9 & 10, more of the overwhelming trash, & not even any throws! Seeing Schlitz, Regal Budweiser, Falstaff & Dixie with the great old pull tabs you could make chains out of.

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