Plume With A View

[Amélie]

Feather Alert
Designers Indulge Their Nesting Instincts
June 3, 2004 – For many designers this season, inspiration came from the skies—literally. Donna Karan embroidered swooping birds at hip height on her evening dresses, while Proenza Schouler used pheasant feathers for a luxurious fashion lift. At Oscar de la Renta and Ralph Rucci, avian embellishment meant drifts of marabou and grouse; Alexander McQueen, meanwhile, made Björk-ready gowns complete with feathered cowls. There was even a full-fledged Hitchcock moment, as Undercover's Jun Takahashi topped some of his looks with scary headdresses. "I wanted to express fear," said the designer, who after experimenting with a variety of animals decided that "the bird masks looked most frightening." Paging Tippi Hedren...
–Laird Borrelli

Coq-ettry at Arlequin.

Festooned with feathers at Donna Karan.

A fowl cowl at Alexander McQueen.

Flying from the hip at Donna Karan.

 

[Amélie]

A bird's-eye view at Donna Karan.

Wing-around-the-rosy at Emma Cook.

A fly-over at Oscar de la Renta.

Vested interests at Sass & Bide.

 

[Amélie]

The feathered vest at Michael Kors.

Pleasant pheasants at Proenza Schouler.

Doves of peace at Iceberg.

Marabou madness at Moschino Cheap and Chic.

 

[Amélie]

c*ck-a-doodle-do: A feathered neck piece at Gary Graham.

In fine feather at Chado Ralph Rucci.

Hen-pecked at Undercover by Jun Takahashi.

Crow's feet at Undercover by Jun Takahashi.

 

[Amélie]

Victorian-style plumage at John Galliano.

Prada's feathered mules.

Feather-trimmed boots at Michael Kors.

Fancy that: YSL Rive Gauche's embroidered boots.

 

[Spacemiu]

i love efathers, and brid moutifs

 

[Mettchen]

yeah, I love it too Especially this hair band from Miu Miu I adore

 

[Meg]

real feathers (especially the bird swooping on donna karan) literally make me want to throw up. I'm not sure why. I just think it's gross but I mean I think birds and the whole motif is pretty. just real feathers, blech

That said, I love those prada mules

 

[ultramarine]

Alber did it for Lanvin as well ...

I so hope Lanvin gets SO big!

 

[chocsta]

You really have to be careful with feathers, they can look amazing or just disastrous.

Out of the above, I only like the Emma Cook dress. (Are they feathers even?)

 

[SophieKawaii]

These clothes suit my feather mask. I like it!

 

[ignitioned32]

Trends are indeed recycled. I mean feathers were BIG last fall. If you type "feather/s" or probably "birds" in our search feature you'll see a topic on feathers last Fall.

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

Aren't funs pun...

 

[oceanharlot]

i love the prada feathery mules...

might hafta look into picking some of those up soon...