Mas Pioneers



Trinidad Carnival is many things – music, color, movement; but above all, it is the spectacle of the masquerade. Thousands of costumed revellers transform the landscape into a visual fantasia. But for those individuals whose imagination, craft and passion created legends, the decades following World War II were a golden age for costume design. Some of the most influential names in costume design include:

Harold Saldenah 1925-1985
George Bailey 1933-1970

Ken Morris 1924-1992
Cito Velasquez 1929-

Irvin McWilliams 1920-
Carlisle Chang 1921-2001

Edmond Hart 1923-
George Harding 1915-1999

Lil Hart 1930-1991
Jason Griffith 1927-

Stephen Derek 1952-
Wayne Berkeley 1940-

Peter Minshall 1941-