If you have ever been to the Notting Hill Carnival you would have seen the beautiful Masqueraders in their bright colours and feathers. This project wanted to show how a Mas costume is created and sold in order for Notting Hill Carnival Mas bands to play Mas.

To Create a costume you have to hand glue each gem. This process can take 38 hours to create one costume.

Your bed will become your workshop because you normally have to work through the night.

Girls wait to see what costumes are going to be sold for 2017

Being asked to launch the Mas Band costume is a big thing!

Launch Night Comes and participants hoping to play mas select their costume (costing from £180).

After months of hard work the costumes are ready for collection!

Ready for the Road.