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Isis Wings for The Goddess

Isis is a Goddess of Ancient Egyptian mythology  and  often is  represented with this wings… thus the name of “isis wings” commonly used in bellydance. But even if you’re not a dancer, this element will make your costume astounding!! A fairy, a goddess… its movement and ethereality is amazing.
In one of my performance I shared [...]

Feather fans: a noble touch for the Masquerade

Here is a link where you can read an article about the fan through culture, including the feather fans. these accessories typical of the elizabethan era and so used in Masq
uerades. In one of our previous article about feathers you will find materials if you feel able to make one which is actually [...]

Dark Angel: Exquisite Fairytale Clothing

I have quite a few garments from this lovely shop that I’ve used quite a lot in my performances. The Dark Angel is an international company that ships world wide exquisite fairytale clothing for women, men and children. It also keeps a regular “bargain or best offers” section which is reason alone to bookmark [...]

Cellophane fairy and insect wings tutorials and more…!

In one of our previous featured videos you saw how to make your fairy wings with stockings, here is another alternative way of making them, maybe a little bit more fragile using wire and cellophane. Cellophane and vinyl gives those transparent effect that makes the wings look more like an insect than a butterfly. [...]

Medieval moccasins and ghillies for Highlanders, irish goblins and fairies

We´ve all seen drawings in old books of Irish fairy tales with those fancy to dance all night away with goblins and fairies… Ghillies are typical soft  leather shoes for irish and scottish dancing in fact and have a lovely ancient traditional historical look For an accurate definition read this wikipedia article about [...]

Feather eyelashes: Fantasy in your eyes!

We previously covered in this blog an article about “fantasy contact lenses”, if you add now some fantasy false eyelashes, there you got it…. You’re not from this world for sure!!!
Among the most striking ones that i’ve found and in a better quality range you can purchase Shu Uemura’s false eyelashes, where I hightlight [...]

Bibian Blue: dark clothing with vintage spice!

Bibian Blue is a fashion designer based in Barcelona. So as it’s my city, I have the luck to be able to visit the store and spend a time in awe with her awesome dresses and gowns. From XVIII Maria Antoniette’s style tops and corsets to prom skirts with full petticoats. The variety of designs, [...]

Spread your angel wings and fly!

The pic above is a shot of a movie from the eighties called Date with an Angel It really was NOT such a good movie but that kind of romantic and entertaining comedies, BUT the angel wings the main character (gorgeous Emmanuelle Beart) had on the movie always stayed in my mind as [...]

Feathers of all kind and colours!!!

Yes, I know it’s much easier to purchase already made angel wings but if you’re good at crafts you can really attempt to make something really awesome with this, from a barn owl cloak feather to angel wings, collards, feather chokers… possibilities are as inmense as the variety of colours. In Art Creations [...]