The tailor fitted pants, jacket, and matching tie will attract attention away from the sparkly floats toward you, just as things ought to be.
. While the rest of the rabble crowds Bourbon Street to mill about in their beer stained graphic T-shirts, cargo shorts, and filthy sandals, you’ll wear a suit while you look upon the affair from a balcony above, a colada in your hand and an equally well-dressed partner in tow. Of course, no one is above the infectious energy of Mardi Gras, and while wearing some gaudy hat or boa is so far beneath you it’s striking oil, you still nod to Mardi Gras’ tradition of wearing purple, green, and yellow. But you’re a man of distinction.