BIRDS OF A FEATHER

THE FALL CATWALKS WERE PLUMP WITH FEATHERS WITH THE FASHION INDUSTRY TRYING TO MAKE THEM FABULOUS AGAIN

The fall catwalks were plump with feathers with the fashion industry trying to make them fabulous again

Forget their associations with showgirls and Australia’s most famous export, Dame Edna, because feathers are officially high fashion. Having been used decoratively throughout history, somewhere along the line they’ve earned a pretty bad rap.

But now designers are determined to make feathers fabulous once again by trading in the hen party guise for something altogether more stylish. Think old school Hollywood glamour, fluffy 1920s details and Mae West’s feather-trimmed negligee.

Indeed, the phenomenon peeked at Prada where, following on from last season’s foray into feathers,