SPOUSE/GUEST TOUR - MARDI GRAS MYSTIQUE
Tour of Suzanne Perron Studio, https://suzanneperron.com/
Tour of Louisiana State Museum's Presbytere for 150th Anniversary of The Krewe of Rex Exhibit, https://louisianastatemuseum.org/presbytere/exhibit/rex-150th-anniversary-school-design
Lunch at Antoine's
Thursday May 19, 2022
9:00am-2:00pm
$250/per person*
*Cost includes roundtrip bus transportation, tour admission to the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere and lunch at Antoine’s restaurant. Registered guests should meet on the 1st floor of the Ritz at 8:45am. Bus will depart from the Canal Street entrance to the Ritz at 9:00am.
*Menu items for lunch at Antoine’s will be pre-selected. If you have an allergy or dietary restriction, please contact Marcy Manuel, manuel@lba.org, by May 11, 2022.
Join us for a unique tour that explores fashion design and Mardi Gras history from New Orleans’ most esteemed special occasion dress designer Suzanne Perron. Learn about her process for designing exquisite Mardi Gras queen dresses, bridal gowns, and her re-design and production of the LSU Golden Girls uniforms. A Louisiana native and Golden Girl herself, Suzanne studied Apparel Design at both LSU and The Fashion Institute of Technology. She spent years in New York City working alongside Vera Wang, Caroline Herrera, Anna Sui and Ralph Rucci. In 2005, Suzanne returned home to open her own custom design business. On this tour, guests will visit her studio, located off of Magazine Street. Next, guests will visit the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere and tour Rex: 150th Anniversary of School of Design Exhibit. The Rex Organization is the foremost New Orleans Mardi Gras Krewe. The exhibit will tell the story of Rex using the museum’s unrivaled collection of artifacts, heavily focusing on the sophisticated costumes of the krewe’s kings, queens and courtiers. Suzanne will join the group at the museum and moderate the tour of the exhibit as many of her gowns are on display there. Finally, guests will have lunch at Antoine’s restaurant, the country’s oldest family-run restaurant. Some of Suzanne’s designer gowns are also on display at Antoine’s so she will provide a tour there as well.