Meet costumer William Anderson, an icon of New Orleans’ Southern Decadence parade

Ballroom dance instructor William Anderson said it takes three hours for him to costume properly for the Southern Decadence parade. It’s a metamorphosis that can’t be rushed.

“I have to get in the zone,” he said, “I set up lighting, drink a glass of wine and put on music.”

“I love the ’70s, the Carpenters, The Eagles and disco, like Kool and the Gang or The Commodores,” he added…

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