The peacock dress I wore to ICC 2004. I found a picture in the Changeling tabletop corebook - an illustration by Tony Diterlizzi, and it inspired me to make this monstrosity. I used a J.P. Ryan 18th century shortgown pattern for the jacket, and then built the collar on top of it myself. The skirt is just a finely pleated satin, and the tail is made of thirty-something peacock feathers hot glued down to a fan shaped tail attached to a belt that clips on top.

I wanted to be able to sit down in it, and the tail moves around rather well. Unfortunately, it's hard to see.

Someday, I may have an excuse to wear this again, but I can't imagine what.

There are so many changes I want to make to it. This was the first costuming project that I really tried to tackle on my own. I've learned a few tricks since then.

Maybe someday they'll be more pictures.