The ludicrous Victorian hat...

[birdspiritland]

Is completed! The pictures are terribly grainy, but here's what I've got, both with the veil down and the veil up:


















The hat, in case you can't tell from the grainy pictures, has three pigeon wings, two ostrich feathers, lots of little fake flowers, and a starling and a pigeon skull on it. The veil is chiffon, and can be tied up around the brim. I've been wanting to make this hat for years, and now am very excited to have it finally done. It's going to be a bitch to ship to Boston, but *so* worth it for Halloween there!

Comments

[sternthemonster.livejournal.com]

Amazing. The whole outfit, really. But I especially like the wings.

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Stern! I'm very happy with the wings. Moscow Hide and Fur supplied two of the three, and they're very good and cheap there. And you can't see it at all, but the wing in the back is held upright by a hinge of the sort that you'd see in a jewelry box or something of the sort. We had a spare one laying around in a drawer, and the wing had gotten a little folded, so I glued it to the back for extra support. Now it's "officially" steampunk, since it's got a little mechanical thing stuck on it.

[sternthemonster.livejournal.com]

Haha nice.

Moscow Idaho?

Sorry I reply kind of late... Livejournal only seems to track replies to comments on my own journal....?