{"id":17174,"date":"2018-07-02T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=17174"},"modified":"2018-07-02T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:51:33","slug":"flex-creates-innovative-alternative-to-high-priced-carnival-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/flex-creates-innovative-alternative-to-high-priced-carnival-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Flex Creates Innovative Alternative To High-Priced Carnival Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In response to growing demand from a number of prospective masqueraders who have complained about being locked out of Antigua Carnival\u2019s annual Tuesday (costume) mas due
\nto the cost prohibitive pricing for Tuesday mas costumes, FLEX has created an innovative and
\nunprecedented alternative which will:<\/p>

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1. Revolutionize the Carnival industry
\n2. Create unprecedented access to Carnival Tuesday for the masses
\n3. Place previously unavailable creative input and control in the hands of average Antiguans
\nFLEX calls its new innovation: \u201cFait Maison\u201d (French for self-made).<\/p>\n

This revolutionary alternative gives average hardworking Antiguans the option to purchase a high quality, undecorated, but design and colour coordinated, Tuesday mas costume package for just a fraction of the cost buy the fully finished version of the exact same costume. The buyer then has full creative license and control to decorate and embellish this highly affordable basic costume platform in virtually any manner they like.<\/p>

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In the case of the FLEX Hypnotic costume for example, the fully finished version of the costume is actually $700. However, the Fait Maison (self-made) option of the exact same costume is just $299. The Fait Maison costume package includes custom made (undecorated) one-piece Monokini , Leg piece, Arm piece, and Headpiece; the same exact pieces included with the $700 version, minus decorative stones, jewels, and optional $110 feathered shoulder piece. This gives masqueraders the freedom to express their creative genius and save hundreds by self-decorating and bedazzling their own unique version of the costume.<\/p>

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The Fait Maison option is also available on the FLEX Zola costume. FLEX costumes can be purchased at Discount World Exchange (Lower Market St.) and viewed next door
\nat FLEX Mas Camp (Market & South St.) or on Facebook and Instagram at FLEX Mas.<\/p>\n

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