Hair and style

Among Thursday night's Krewe of Muses floats and marching bands was the group of women carrying tall, T-shaped torches known in New Orleans as flambeaux. Calling themselves "Glambeaux," the women shook and shimmied their way down city streets, paving the way for a new take on a Carnival tradition more than a century old. Historically, flambeaux carriers hoisted torches to illuminate parades in ...