Revamped Costumes

After bandlaunching some costumes are loved and desired, and some costumes get responses like "Why dat look so? Why they add that piece? It wouldve been better without it!" So in an effort to appease Masqueraders, and of course sell costumes bands revamp troubled costumes in an attempt to make them more aesthetically pleasing to the public. In recent weeks we have seen some of the Caribana bands doing some revamping.

Carnival Nationz has revamped "Treasure Island" by making a few changes to the bra. They have taken the black netting off, and added other adornments. It seems a number of persons did not like the mesh/net that had previously adorned the bra. The new bra does look nice, but I guess I understood the net as giving the "island" feel. Although when I look at the costume I still don't think "Treasure Island". Pictured above is the costume previewed at bandlaunching. I am unable to pull a picture of the revamped costume from their website, but you can go take a look for yourself www.carnivalnationz.com and view the "Treasure Island" section.

Toronto Revellers has also done some revamping of the "Kemet" costume. Comments on this costume after bandlaunching were such as "looks undone and messy". I guess Revellers listened to masqueraders and made an effort to make the costume more pleasing. The new costume still does nothing for me, but definitely is an improvement from the previous. Haaaaaate the headpiece though.