The 2020 Jah Defender Suit was inspired by Haile Selassie and Empress Menan. The central figure on the main apron is a Nyabinghi warrior on horseback above the Ethiopian icon of Saint George, flanked on either side by Empress Menan and Haile Selassie. The dickie features a large portrait of the recently deceased roots reggae artist, Aeke Beka. Demond wore this Suit in 2020 as Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters. Then on Mardi Gras day in 2021, when Mardi Gras had officially been cancelled due to the pandemic, Demond prominently placed his Jah Defender Suit on top of a pedestal where a confederate monument had formerly stood for over a century. The Jah Defender Suit has been on view at the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC as part of its inaugural exhibition since 2023.

The 2018 Ethiopia Suit was inspired by Haile Selassie, the King of Kings. The main apron features Nyabinghi warriors, the 13th century rock-hewn church in Lalibela, Ethiopian hermit monks, the Church of Our Lady of Zion, and the Obelisk of Axum. Demond wore this Suit in 2018 as Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters. Ethiopia has been exhibited at the Museum of African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, NY (2018); the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (2019); the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, LA (2019); and Sotheby’s in New York, NY (2021).

Demond's 2016 Bras-Coupé Suit was inspired by the legendary Bras-Coupé, an enslaved African prince who was known for leading rebellions against bondage.  Demond wore this Suit in 2016 as Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters. Bras-Coupé has been exhibited at Princeton University (2018); the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in Brooklyn, NY (2018); the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (2019); the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, LA (2021, 2023); the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Germany (2023); the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (2024); and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC (2024).

Demond's 2014 Spirit of Red Cloud Suit was inspired by Chief Red Cloud, and pays homage to the passing of three influential Black Masking Indian Big Chiefs in New Orleans.  Melancon wore this Suit in 2014 as Big Chief of the Young Seminole Hunters. Spirit of Red Cloud was on exhibit at Princeton University (2018) and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in Brooklyn, NY (2018).

Demond's 2013 Red Cloud & Sitting Bull Suit was inspired by Chief Red Cloud and Chief Sitting Bull.  This was the first Suit Demond Melancon created afterbecoming Big Chief of his very own tribe, the Young Seminole Hunters based in the Lower Ninth Ward. Red Cloud & Sitting Bull has been exhibited at Princeton University (2018); the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in Brooklyn, NY (2018); the William King Museum in Abingdon, VA (2022); the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo, MI (2022); the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Germany (2023); the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (2024); and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC (2024).

Demond's 2011 Africa Suit features imagery inspired by Haile Selassie on the dickie with a depiction of Shaka Zulu Fasimba on the main apron.  Melancon wore this Suit in 2011 as Second Chief of the Seminole Hunters. Africa has been exhibited at Princeton University (2018); the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in Brooklyn, NY (2018); the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo, MI (2022); the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Germany (2023); the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (2024); and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in Charleston, SC (2024).

Demond's Haile Selassie 2010 Suit was inspired by Haile Selassie, King of Kings.  Melancon wore this Suit in 2010 as Spy Boy of the Seminole Hunters. The composition of Melancon’s main apron was inspired by Ethiopian art depicting St. George slaying a dragon. In Ethiopia, "St. George and the Dragon" represents a significant religious image where St. George, considered the Patron Saint of the Ethiopia, is depicted slaying a dragon, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. The dickie honors the day in 1930 when Tafari Makonnen became Emperor Haile Selassie I and was crowned King of Kings of Ethiopia at Addis Ababa's Cathedral of St. George.

The Eye of the Eagle Suit was created by Demond Melancon in 2009. The main apron of this Suit was created using a design that was created for Second Chief of the White Eagles, Felton Brown.  This patch, which had already been drawn on canvas, was salvaged from the flooding of Hurrican Katrina and was beaded by Demond Melancon to honor Chief Felton Brown after he passed away.  Demond wore this Suit in 2009 as Spy Boy of the Seminole Hunters. Eye of the Eagle has been exhibited at Princeton University (2018) and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in Brooklyn, NY (2018). Eye of the Eagle was donated to CrescentCare (formerly known as the NO/AIDS Task Force) in 2019 and is part of its permanent collection of art in New Orleans which was curated by Arthur Roger.

The Buffalo Hunt Suit was created by Demond Melancon in 2008. In the first year masking in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Demond's 2008 suit was created while he and his wife were living in a FEMA trailer using traditional imagery of First Nation people hunting a buffalo with a bow and arrow on horseback.  This suit was worn in 2008 while Demond Melancon was Spy Boy of the Seminole Hunters. During this period, Melancon had earned the title of “Spy Boy of the Nation” in the Black Masking Culture, a term of respect from his peers for embodying the highest form of discipline, dedication, and ferocity as a Spy Boy in the Culture.

Demond Melancon has been part of the Black Masking Culture of New Orleans since 1992.  When Demond was 14 years old, he had the opportunity to learn from several influential elder Big Chiefs, including Big Chief Ferdinand Bigard.  They not only taught him how to sew and bead intricate suits, but also about the history and traditions of the Black Masking Culture of New Orleans, which began over 200 years ago. In 1994, Melancon joined the Seminole Hunters in the Lower Ninth Ward as their Spy Boy under Big Chief Keitoe Jones.