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Halloween is just around the corner, and you've probably already started planning your costumes as you figure out what to wear to all those parties this year. Don't leave baby out of the picture! Keep ...

Advocate photo by SOPHIA GERMER -- Joell Lee, Lauren Blouin and Dianne Honore make their Baby Doll costumes over coffee at Cafe Rose Nicaud in New Orleans, Saturday February 6, 2016. The new Baby Doll ...

The 'Baby Dolls' marched through the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras last week with hardly any of the throng lining the streets having any idea of the seedy truth behind the tradition. The ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 'baby dolls,' an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on again... NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The “baby dolls,” an on-again, off-again ...

NEW ORLEANS – The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on again. The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters ...

NEW ORLEANS — The "baby dolls," an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African American community, are on again. The troupes of women strutting and prancing in bonnets, garters, ...