They wear elaborate handmade costumes that are reproductions of Russian folk dress.

Among the usual stellar attractions will be the flamboyant Mardi Gras Indians, neighborhood groups of "tribes" that parade, chant and dance in handmade costumes featuring brilliantly colored feathers and beads.

We specialise in the dances which would have been danced at the court of King Charles II and wear handmade costumes of brocade and crushed velvet.

The name is taken due to handmade costumes (woolen fabrics, handmade costumes), which were made in the region that made the cloaks and the sails for sailing ships of the era.

But Barbie won first place in the evening gown competition, and Ken took a third for handmade costume.

"I would say the handmade costume is very rare," said Ms. Borgia, who lives in Ossining, N.Y., and is chief of staff for Assemblywoman Sandra R. Galef.

Each of the handmade costumes for the servers, from the mobcaps to the historically accurate shoes with no left or right, cost $400.

The handmade costumes are magnificent - this is a festival to put on your list.

The new wave/electro-pop troupe Fischerspooner was formed in New York City in 1998 and has come to incorporate multimedia, strange handmade costumes, dancing, and performance art.

"Getting 22 kids in handmade costumes on a handmade set speaking Elizabethan English on cue before a live audience in a college theater."