by Jen
(State College, Pa, USA)
Homemade Provocative Peacock Costume
Peacocks are nature's showoffs so why not be a provocative one when you’re trying to be the center of attention!
I have a love of peacock feathers but could not find a single one online that showed off the true beauty of a peacock. I searched online for ideas and decided that I needed to have real feathers to make my Homemade Provocative Peacock Costume.
I ordered 30 full-sized and 4 of the short skinny ones without the eyes. I already had a turquoise and black corset and bought a black petticoat and turquoise leggings that happened to match almost perfectly.
I started by making a headband with three feathers then, instead of having an almost unmanageable fan of feathers on my back, I opted for a smaller spray of 8 that would lean to one side. I hot-glued 6 shortened feathers to the front of the corset and tucked the spray into the back. I did up my eyes by using liquid glitter instead of eye-liner, and put a lot of blue and green shadow.