I kept my eye out for any fabrics that could work with this theme and ended up going on a hunt in the LA fabric district for a two-toned taffeta. What I found was gorgeous, green on one side and purple on the other. In various light the fabric changed in the shades of green, cyan, blue and purple, matching the color scheme of a peacock eye feather perfectly.

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I took some time sketching out silhouettes and where I wanted to used the feathers as embellishments. I ended up deciding on sewing a custom patterned corset, a cropped jacket with wide sleeves and upstanding collar, and a fitted mermaid skirt that flared out at the knee. The skirt has a peacock tail attached to it in the back, in the folded up resting position. I went to a nature center to chase and photograph real life peacocks to gain the proper reference for how the feathers lay on the birds.

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I used multiple kinds of peacock feathers for this costume—several hundreds of peacock tail feathers with eyes for my tail and throughout the outfit, a number of tail swords for the beaded belt and jacket collar;,and multiple yards worth of thickly-overlaid peacock herl for the fanned collar of my jacket and sleeves. Each eye feather was fitted with a green Swarovski crystal before being attached as embellishments to the costume itself. I debated for a while what head accessory to create, from a retro hat to crown to feather fan, and ended up sewing a tiny hat from a made-up pattern and adding feathers to it. My wig was an old wig that I restyled and curled... I hope to do something better in the future.