The owl jacket.

Because the unitard is borrowed I cannot mark it in anyway or attach anything to it which might make it unusable for anything else. Therefore I came up with the idea to make a jacket which goes over the top of the unitard which is light and easy to move in. I found some fabric which is white and covered in hair like threads, i think it is supposed to be made for cushions but I thought it would have great movement and look good combined with the feathers.

This is the jacket made and not decorated with the feathers.

I used a 1/2 metre to make the jacket and cut it on the stand making a calico toile first. However due to not being able to see the dancer I had to do a lot of guess work and leave lots of room. I left the back open to give extra room and left a large seam allowance and it fit well when i had the fitting so my guess work was done well.

These two images are the jacket fully decorated, there is a lot of texture and feathers as i wanted to create the illusion of grandness and bulk to the shoulders. 

I am really please with the final result and I think it represents my design well. However it was very difficult attaching all the feathers and I would have liked to have used the glue gun less and sewn more on, however due to the time constraints it was unfortunately the was they had to be attached.