Feather Fashion

Feather fashion has reached back far in history across many cultures around the world. Feather fashion includes plumed hats and usually includes such avian feathers as ostrich or peacock. Women adorned their hats with feathers throughout the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries. Women of the early modern era were known for extensively decorating the hats all sorts of items including feathers. Feather fashion was not as popular during the Victorian era since women mostly wore bonnets during the early era, but could sometimes be trimmed with feathery trimmings. Edwardian women of the early twentieth century wore wide brimmed hats which could be decorated with feathers. During the 1920s, women wore turban-like head garments which could be decorated with peacock feathers.

Feather fashion can give any garment a fashionable edge. Feathers were usually reserved for the wealthy who had the means to purchase exotic feathers from across the world to further accentuate their clothing. Feather fashion was meant to exude a certain grandiose sense of style denoting wealth, royalty and pomp, but was also for individuality and expression of the self. Various designers use feather fashion in their clothing lines and can be seen across runway shows around the world. Feathers can be dyed in just about any color which can make a person stand out in a crowd and get noticed. Feather fashion also allows for people to get creative e not only in what headpiece they wore, but with various dresses that can be tailored according to a designer’s imagination.