Thread: Taking it up a notch?

So now that I am done with my peacock dress and don't really have any other costume projects on the horizon (or at least none that I can afford to start on ) I think I want to add to the peacock.

I am always scared of overkill (hard with BD I know). All I really want to do is add more feathers to the back of the dress to give it more "volume" I guess you could say.

Is it overkill? Should I just leave it the hell alone and be happy? Or bling away? If not more feathers, then what would you add? Please keep in mind that although I am not a huge fan of the totally minimal costumes out there, I am also not a fan of the wall of fringe either! More of a happy medium gal. Watta think?

More feathers to the back! DO IT!

And make accessories.

Originally Posted by ozma

More feathers to the back! DO IT!

And make accessories.

its looking great!
what ozma said and: maybe add some rhinestones and/or beading in coordinating colors around the neck line and sleeve hems to emphasize your gestures. what if the feathers crawled up the front of the dress and over the left shoulder?

I would create a "belt" around the hips area. Do this in a combo of feathers, rhinestones and fringe. Not too much fringe, but enough to give the dress some movement!

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Good ideas. Definitly going to put more feathers on the back.

I normally wear a hip scarf with it (not the one in the pic, a coined one) but it would be nice to have something to make it less folk when I want more of a cab look. Perhaps I will actually make a little narrow belt to go with it!

Originally Posted by sabrinabellydancer

its looking great!
what ozma said and: maybe add some rhinestones and/or beading in coordinating colors around the neck line and sleeve hems to emphasize your gestures. what if the feathers crawled up the front of the dress and over the left shoulder?

I had actually thought of the over the shoulder thing cause I wanted the feathers to continue all the way up the back of the dress to my shoulders as well. When I really thought about it tho, I decided no on the whole as my hair LOVES to hold on to stuff and since it is baby fine, it tangles like a mother so I stopped it where my hair couldn't play with it.

Here it is from another view in its current "done" status...

I think some beaded detail around the neckline, sleeves and hem would be nice. Also maybe add some gold scrolls around the feather area. I think making a seperate belt that's a little blingy would be good too.

Yes..more sleeves and upper body!

With your awesome beading skills, Linny, you could bead a belt right on the dress to give it a really finished look. Like this:



This dress is a different look, but the idea could be adapted. Peacock feathers could float lightly around your hips, so you wouldn't need a hip scarf.

The only reason I don't really want to bead it right on the dress is that some times I want more of a folk look from it and I am loosing weight at the moment so beading it around the waist would make it hard to take in when I need to.

BTW, beautiful dress!

A separate belt would work well.

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