Lorraine Pritchard trained in Florence to perfect her traditional techniques and has put her works on display in Edinburgh.

“I don’t think that Carnival exists without queerness,” Potter said. And not just because “the majority of the people who are making the costumes are queer themselves.” However fun it ...

VENICE — As the annual Venice Carnival peaked in early March ... "The Chinese community in Italy worked together to prepare the costumes and makeup to present a richer, more authentic Chinese ...

Residents braced last month as the city was overrun with thousands of visitors filling the streets for its iconic Carnival ... to people staying in hotels in Venice, who are already charged ...