USING VENETIAN MASKS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DRESSING YOUR TREE This weekend is when most people will be decorating their Christmas tree. Strictly speaking […]

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO VENETIAN-THEMED MASKED BALL You are reading this because you have been invited to a masked ball and […]

WILL BORIS MASQUERADE WITH THE WORLD LEADERS OR WILL HE DROP THE MASK? In what is increasing starting to feel like Britain is playing a part […]

If you like dressing up with your partner then check out these masquerade events held over Valentine’s weekend. Whether you are already a couple looking for […]

FACE MASKS TAKE ON AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEANING AS THE VENICE CARNIVAL CLASHES WITH THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS With the Venice carnival due to start […]

BEHIND THE MASK – THE PLAGUE DOCTOR KNOWN AS MEDICO DELLA PESTE Perhaps one of the most macabre and sinister-looking masks around the world is the […]

THE BAUTA – AN OLD DESIGN THAT IS POPULAR TODAY The Bauta mask is one of the oldest Venetian mask designs but, contrary to popular belief, […]

THE BIRTH OF THE VENICE CARNIVAL – HOW DID IT START? If there is one thing as old as the social phenomenon of identity, it’s the […]

WHO IS IL CAPITANO? The Captain, Il Capitano in Italian, is one of the stock characters of the Commedia dell’arte, a centuries-old form of amusing and […]