Fluffy Fashion Feathers: Difference between revisions
(→Film: clean up) |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.2) |
||
(12 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{trope}} |
{{trope}} |
||
[[File: |
[[File:plumed takarazuka girls 2865.jpg|link=Takarazuka|frame|[[Alliteration|Presenting A Pleasing Plethora Of Pretty, Primped, Peacocked Plumage]].]] |
||
Wearing feathers for, fashion. There aren't any ceremonial reasons for trying to look/be like a bird, the feathers are being worn just to look nice. Whether wearing large plumes or trimmings of down feathers, it's all fashionable, in fiction or in [[Real Life]]. |
Wearing feathers for, fashion. There aren't any ceremonial reasons for trying to look/be like a bird, the feathers are being worn just to look nice. Whether wearing large plumes or trimmings of down feathers, it's all fashionable, in fiction or in [[Real Life]]. |
||
Common forms are feathers on hand fans, feather boas, plumes on hats, trimming a [[Socialite|rich lady's]] nightgown, trimming [[Pimped |
Common forms are feathers on hand fans, feather boas, plumes on hats, trimming a [[Socialite|rich lady's]] nightgown, trimming [[Pimped-Out Dress|Pimped Out Dresses]], trimming [[Sexy Santa Dress]]es, and trimming [[Unmentionables|sexy lingerie]]. The latter two also make this trope [[Fetish Fuel]]. |
||
Common in [[Costume Porn]]. |
Common in [[Costume Porn]]. |
||
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
Compare [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny]], [[Feather Motif]]. |
Compare [[Gold Makes Everything Shiny]], [[Feather Motif]]. |
||
{{examples |
{{examples}} |
||
== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
||
Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
* {{spoiler|Naru's}} wedding dress in ''[[Love Hina]]'' had the sleeves trimmed with feathers. |
* {{spoiler|Naru's}} wedding dress in ''[[Love Hina]]'' had the sleeves trimmed with feathers. |
||
* The cover of the second volume of ''[[Tenjho Tenge]]'' had a lady wearing a white bikini and a feather boa. |
* The cover of the second volume of ''[[Tenjho Tenge]]'' had a lady wearing a white bikini and a feather boa. |
||
* A few feather boas show up in ''[[Pokémon ( |
* A few feather boas show up in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', including Jessie's [[If I Were a Rich Man]] fantasy. |
||
* A dress in ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'' |
* A dress in ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'' |
||
* Some of the outfits in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''. |
* Some of the outfits in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''. |
||
* The [[Frilly Upgrade]] additions to the [[Mini |
* The [[Frilly Upgrade]] additions to the [[Mini-Dress of Power|battle dresses]] in ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' have feathers. And Salvia wears a feather boa to a yacht party. |
||
* A [[Fur Bikini|Feather Bikini]] paired with a feather [[Showgirl Skirt]] is worn by a lady in a carnival style celebration in ''[[ |
* A [[Fur Bikini|Feather Bikini]] paired with a feather [[Showgirl Skirt]] is worn by a lady in a carnival style celebration in ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]''. |
||
* Donquixote Doflamingo in ''[[One Piece]]'' wears a feather jacket. |
* Donquixote Doflamingo in ''[[One Piece]]'' wears a feather jacket. |
||
* Shindo Sugata during last episodes of ''[[Star Driver]]'' |
* Shindo Sugata during last episodes of ''[[Star Driver]]'' |
||
Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
* Satine's "Pink Diamonds" dress in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' has a [[Showgirl Skirt]] of pink feathers. |
* Satine's "Pink Diamonds" dress in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' has a [[Showgirl Skirt]] of pink feathers. |
||
* [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s white dress in ''[[The Cell]]''. |
* [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s white dress in ''[[The Cell]]''. |
||
* [[Ginger Rogers]] wore a feathered dress for the "Cheek To Cheek" number in ''[[ |
* [[Ginger Rogers]] wore a feathered dress for the "Cheek To Cheek" number in ''[[Top Hat]]''. (According to [[Fred Astaire]], the feathers caused problems in filming by flying off everywhere during the dance.) |
||
* The [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit Elle was tricked into wearing in ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' had a feather-trimmed neckline. |
* The [[Playboy Bunny]] outfit Elle was tricked into wearing in ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' had a feather-trimmed neckline. |
||
* After David's pants are torn in ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', he's forced to wear Susan's nightgown while staying over. |
* After David's pants are torn in ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', he's forced to wear Susan's nightgown while staying over. |
||
* Scarlett's red dress in ''[[Gone |
* Scarlett's red dress in ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''. |
||
* Unsurprising given the setting, the film ''[[ |
* Unsurprising given the setting, the film ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' (1956) has a lot of feathered hats. [[Clothing Damage]] is frequently emphasized when peoples' hats' feathers get chopped in half. |
||
* Some of the dresses in the ''[[Marie Antoinette]]'' films. |
* Some of the dresses in the ''[[Marie Antoinette]]'' films. |
||
* The brothel owner in ''[[Tank Girl]]'' wears a dress with feather arranged like [[Shoulders of Doom]]. |
* The brothel owner in ''[[Tank Girl]]'' wears a dress with feather arranged like [[Shoulders of Doom]]. |
||
* Anakh-Su-Namun wore a feather boa when her men were attacking the O'Connell home in ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Returns]]''. |
* Anakh-Su-Namun wore a feather boa when her men were attacking the O'Connell home in ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Returns]]''. |
||
* A |
* A [[media:roaring party girl.jpg|skimpy pink feather outfit]] is worn in one scene in ''[[The Carpetbaggers]]''. |
||
* Victoria at the end of the film of ''[[Twilight ( |
* Victoria at the end of the film of ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' wears a white feather cape while at the prom. |
||
* The [[Busby Berkeley Number]] "Spin A Little Web Of Dreams" from ''[[Fashions Of 1934]]''. |
* The [[Busby Berkeley Number]] "Spin A Little Web Of Dreams" from ''[[Fashions Of 1934]]''. |
||
* The tiara [[The High Queen]] wore at the end of Disney's ''[[Atlantis |
* The tiara [[The High Queen]] wore at the end of Disney's ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' has large pink and blue feathers coming out of the back. |
||
* In the 1961 version of ''[[Babes in Toyland]]'', Mary is given a [[Pimped |
* In the 1961 version of ''[[Babes in Toyland]]'', Mary is given a [[Pimped-Out Cape|red cape]] trimmed with white feathers, and a hand muff of white feathers. |
||
* In ''[[My Little Pony]]: [[The Movie]]'', Rosedust, the queen of the Flutter Ponies, wears a red feather in her mane. |
* In ''[[My Little Pony]]: [[The Movie]]'', Rosedust, the queen of the Flutter Ponies, wears a red feather in her mane. |
||
* Daphne in ''[[Unfaithfully Yours]]'' owns a dress with plumes at the hips, that is important both in a fantasy and in reality. |
* Daphne in ''[[Unfaithfully Yours]]'' owns a dress with plumes at the hips, that is important both in a fantasy and in reality. |
||
Line 58: | Line 58: | ||
* Many of the outfits in the "Parade of States/Nations" parts of the ''[[Miss USA]]'', ''[[Miss Teen USA]]'', and ''[[Miss Universe]]'' pageants. |
* Many of the outfits in the "Parade of States/Nations" parts of the ''[[Miss USA]]'', ''[[Miss Teen USA]]'', and ''[[Miss Universe]]'' pageants. |
||
* Billy on ''[[Billy the Exterminator]]'' used a feather boa as part of an improvised bee suit early in the series; it didn't work out as the bees could crawl through it and ended up stinging Billy several times on his neck. |
* Billy on ''[[Billy the Exterminator]]'' used a feather boa as part of an improvised bee suit early in the series; it didn't work out as the bees could crawl through it and ended up stinging Billy several times on his neck. |
||
* Miss Yvonne of ''[[Pee |
* Miss Yvonne of ''[[Pee-wee's Playhouse]]'' wore some outfits with white feather trim, including a [["Happy Holidays" Dress]]. |
||
* The Fluff Girl outfits (a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to the [[Playboy Bunny]]) in ''[[ |
* The Fluff Girl outfits (a [[Fictional Counterpart]] to the [[Playboy Bunny]]) in ''[[Adam Adamant Lives]]'' are basically one-piece swimsuits trimmed with feathers. |
||
Line 83: | Line 83: | ||
* Yuna's wedding dress in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. |
* Yuna's wedding dress in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. |
||
* Edea's dress in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' |
* Edea's dress in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' |
||
* Lightning's new outfit in ''[[ |
* Lightning's new outfit in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' is a [[Showgirl Skirt]] of white feathers. |
||
* Aya of ''[[ |
* Aya of ''[[OneChanbara]]'' wears a feather boa and [[Fur Bikini|feather-trimmed bikini]]. |
||
* The empress's dress in ''[[ |
* The empress's dress in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''. |
||
* Ling Xiaoyu's dress in ''[[Tekken]] 5'' and ''6''. |
* Ling Xiaoyu's dress in ''[[Tekken]] 5'' and ''6''. |
||
* Alita Tiala from ''Apollo Justice [[Ace Attorney]]'' wears a dress with white feathers on her chest arranged like angel wings, to make her seem sweet and innocent. {{spoiler|But like previous seemingly pure and innocent characters, she wasn't, killing that one guy and trying to frame her fiancee.}} |
* Alita Tiala from ''Apollo Justice [[Ace Attorney]]'' wears a dress with white feathers on her chest arranged like angel wings, to make her seem sweet and innocent. {{spoiler|But like previous seemingly pure and innocent characters, she wasn't, killing that one guy and trying to frame her fiancee.}} |
||
* Rare male example: Balder from ''[[Bayonetta]]'' wears not only peacock feathers, but ''enormous'' peacock feathers... that come from a [[Fashion Victim Villain|dead white peacock he has draped over his shoulder]]. The feathers later become a part of him when he goes [[One |
* Rare male example: Balder from ''[[Bayonetta]]'' wears not only peacock feathers, but ''enormous'' peacock feathers... that come from a [[Fashion Victim Villain|dead white peacock he has draped over his shoulder]]. The feathers later become a part of him when he goes [[One-Winged Angel]] (or Twelve Winged Angel, in this case) for his [[Boss Battle]]. |
||
** Then there's Jeanne, who has enormous feather tassels on the ends of her guns for most of the game. |
** Then there's Jeanne, who has enormous feather tassels on the ends of her guns for most of the game. |
||
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]] ([[Wii]])'' has a [[Sexy Whatever Outfit|sexy angel dress]] trimmed with [[Palette Swap|white or black]] feathers, and a similarly trimmed hand fan. |
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]] ([[Wii]])'' has a [[Sexy Whatever Outfit|sexy angel dress]] trimmed with [[Palette Swap|white or black]] feathers, and a similarly trimmed hand fan. |
||
* Gwendolyn's [[Battle Ballgown]] in ''[[Odin Sphere]]''. |
* Gwendolyn's [[Battle Ballgown]] in ''[[Odin Sphere]]''. |
||
* The showgirl in ''[[Bloody Good Time]]''. |
* The showgirl in ''[[Bloody Good Time]]''. |
||
* Morrigan of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' has crow feathers on her ridiculous patchwork outfit, a reference to the Celtic goddess. Anders and Merrill, the mage party members from ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', both wear gray feathered pauldrons on their shoulders. This ties into the symbolism of the [[Feather Motif]]; as [[Blessed |
* Morrigan of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' has crow feathers on her ridiculous patchwork outfit, a reference to the Celtic goddess. Anders and Merrill, the mage party members from ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', both wear gray feathered pauldrons on their shoulders. This ties into the symbolism of the [[Feather Motif]]; as [[Blessed with Suck|mages]], both live in fear of being hunted down and imprisoned for the rest of their lives, and freedom for all mages is Anders's primary motivation. Furthermore, Anders eventually starts wearing black feathers, bringing him closer to the evil/death [[Ravens and Crows]] motif (Merrill even tells him he looks like a crow), symbolizing his {{spoiler|corruption by the demon of Vengeance possessing him and his decision to blow up the Chantry.}} |
||
== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
||
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] has a white feather boa she wore in her ''[[Showgirls]]'' review and in her fetish-y [[ |
* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] has a white feather boa she wore in her ''[[Showgirls]]'' review and in her fetish-y [[Non Sequitur Scene|guest spot]] on That Jewish Guy's "Myths About Hanukkah" video. |
||
Line 109: | Line 109: | ||
** These hats were very popular in the early 20th century. It had the effect of decimating entire populations of herons, egrets, and other birds with fancy plumage. |
** These hats were very popular in the early 20th century. It had the effect of decimating entire populations of herons, egrets, and other birds with fancy plumage. |
||
* The [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] worn by Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. See it [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8637723@N05/3607520259/ here] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8637723@N05/3609540441/in/photostream/ here]. |
* The [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] worn by Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. See it [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8637723@N05/3607520259/ here] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8637723@N05/3609540441/in/photostream/ here]. |
||
* The [[Pink Means Feminine|pink]] [http://angie-harmon.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=233 dress] that [[Angie Harmon]] wore to the 2011 [[Screen Actors Guild]] Awards had a feather neckline and feather skirt. Also [http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2011/01/angie-harmon-sag-awards-monique-lhuillier-wedding-dresses.html the designer based it off an earlier wedding dress] she made. |
* The [[Pink Means Feminine|pink]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20121101184025/http://angie-harmon.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=233 dress] that [[Angie Harmon]] wore to the 2011 [[Screen Actors Guild]] Awards had a feather neckline and feather skirt. Also [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428081356/http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2011/01/angie-harmon-sag-awards-monique-lhuillier-wedding-dresses.html the designer based it off an earlier wedding dress] she made. |
||
* Cee-Lo Green's performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards used rainbow-colored feathers. |
* Cee-Lo Green's performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards used rainbow-colored feathers. |
||
* [[Bjork]]'s infamous and oft-parodied swan dress that she wore to the Oscars one year. It wasn't just feathers; she rocked the ''whole bird.'' |
* [[Bjork]]'s infamous and oft-parodied swan dress that she wore to the Oscars one year. It wasn't just feathers; she rocked the ''whole bird.'' |
||
* [[ |
* [[Beyoncé]] wore a show [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120116130556/http://justjared.buzznet.com/photo-gallery/2019131/beyonce-wedding-dress-07/ a feather-trimmed skirt] at the 2009 [[BET]] awards. |
||
* The [[Costume Porn|extravagant costumes]] worn by The Mummers during their annual New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia. Each individual costume has dozens of ostrich feathers, each of which can cost as much as $5. And since some of the clubs have several ''dozen'' performers marching down Broad St. in a performance... |
* The [[Costume Porn|extravagant costumes]] worn by The Mummers during their annual New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia. Each individual costume has dozens of ostrich feathers, each of which can cost as much as $5. And since some of the clubs have several ''dozen'' performers marching down Broad St. in a performance... |
||
* Several outfits worn by female dancers during the Brazillian carnival sport giant, peacocked back feathers. |
* Several outfits worn by female dancers during the Brazillian carnival sport giant, peacocked back feathers. |
||
Line 121: | Line 121: | ||
[[Category:Rule of Glamorous]] |
[[Category:Rule of Glamorous]] |
||
[[Category:Fine Feathered Tropes]] |
[[Category:Fine Feathered Tropes]] |
||
[[Category:Everythings Better With Indexes]] |
|||
[[Category:Truth in Television]] |
[[Category:Truth in Television]] |
||
[[Category:Costume Tropes]] |
[[Category:Costume Tropes]] |
||
[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]] |
[[Category:Turn-On Tropes]] |
||
[[Category:Fluffy Fashion Feathers]] |
[[Category:Fluffy Fashion Feathers]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Everything's Better with Indexes]] |
||
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] |
Latest revision as of 08:44, 6 October 2022
Wearing feathers for, fashion. There aren't any ceremonial reasons for trying to look/be like a bird, the feathers are being worn just to look nice. Whether wearing large plumes or trimmings of down feathers, it's all fashionable, in fiction or in Real Life.
Common forms are feathers on hand fans, feather boas, plumes on hats, trimming a rich lady's nightgown, trimming Pimped Out Dresses, trimming Sexy Santa Dresses, and trimming sexy lingerie. The latter two also make this trope Fetish Fuel.
Common in Costume Porn.
A Sister Trope to Pretty in Mink (in that many times feathers are worn in a similar way as fur).
Finally, any examples of Peacock Girl, where the feathers are worn instead of a character having a peacock tail, would be examples of this.
Compare Gold Makes Everything Shiny, Feather Motif.
Anime & Manga
- Naru's wedding dress in Love Hina had the sleeves trimmed with feathers.
- The cover of the second volume of Tenjho Tenge had a lady wearing a white bikini and a feather boa.
- A few feather boas show up in Pokémon, including Jessie's If I Were a Rich Man fantasy.
- A dress in Armored Trooper VOTOMS
- Some of the outfits in Sakura Taisen.
- The Frilly Upgrade additions to the battle dresses in Wedding Peach have feathers. And Salvia wears a feather boa to a yacht party.
- A Feather Bikini paired with a feather Showgirl Skirt is worn by a lady in a carnival style celebration in Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
- Donquixote Doflamingo in One Piece wears a feather jacket.
- Shindo Sugata during last episodes of Star Driver
- Bleach: Before the time-skip, Yumichika accentuated his right eye with two pairs of feathers (multi-hued in the manga, red and yellow respectively in the anime). After the time-skip he's discarded those feathers for very fluffy feathered earrings and a slight feathering at the ends of his eyelashes on both eyes. His Animal Motif (courtesy of his zanpakutou) is the peacock.
Comics
- Recent DC Comics stories set in 1880s Gotham City have shown Mayor Theodore Cobblepot with a feather in his top hat, and his coat seems to be lined with plumage rather than fur; an ironic Call Forward to his descendant's fondness for birds.
Film
- Satine's "Pink Diamonds" dress in Moulin Rouge has a Showgirl Skirt of pink feathers.
- Jennifer Lopez's white dress in The Cell.
- Ginger Rogers wore a feathered dress for the "Cheek To Cheek" number in Top Hat. (According to Fred Astaire, the feathers caused problems in filming by flying off everywhere during the dance.)
- The Playboy Bunny outfit Elle was tricked into wearing in Legally Blonde had a feather-trimmed neckline.
- After David's pants are torn in Bringing Up Baby, he's forced to wear Susan's nightgown while staying over.
- Scarlett's red dress in Gone with the Wind.
- Unsurprising given the setting, the film The Three Musketeers (1956) has a lot of feathered hats. Clothing Damage is frequently emphasized when peoples' hats' feathers get chopped in half.
- Some of the dresses in the Marie Antoinette films.
- The brothel owner in Tank Girl wears a dress with feather arranged like Shoulders of Doom.
- Anakh-Su-Namun wore a feather boa when her men were attacking the O'Connell home in The Mummy Returns.
- A skimpy pink feather outfit is worn in one scene in The Carpetbaggers.
- Victoria at the end of the film of Twilight wears a white feather cape while at the prom.
- The Busby Berkeley Number "Spin A Little Web Of Dreams" from Fashions Of 1934.
- The tiara The High Queen wore at the end of Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire has large pink and blue feathers coming out of the back.
- In the 1961 version of Babes in Toyland, Mary is given a red cape trimmed with white feathers, and a hand muff of white feathers.
- In My Little Pony: The Movie, Rosedust, the queen of the Flutter Ponies, wears a red feather in her mane.
- Daphne in Unfaithfully Yours owns a dress with plumes at the hips, that is important both in a fantasy and in reality.
Live Action TV
- Common in ballroom dancing dresses, which means this shows up a lot in Dancing With the Stars.
- Many of the outfits in the "Parade of States/Nations" parts of the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants.
- Billy on Billy the Exterminator used a feather boa as part of an improvised bee suit early in the series; it didn't work out as the bees could crawl through it and ended up stinging Billy several times on his neck.
- Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee's Playhouse wore some outfits with white feather trim, including a "Happy Holidays" Dress.
- The Fluff Girl outfits (a Fictional Counterpart to the Playboy Bunny) in Adam Adamant Lives are basically one-piece swimsuits trimmed with feathers.
Professional Wrestling
- Many wrestling stars wear feathers, like feather boas, but we dare you to mock them over that.
- "Superstar" Billy Graham.
- Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
- Hulk Hogan.
- Ric Flair.
Theatre
- Takarazuka productions are also rife with this. Just look them up on YouTube.
- The 1992 production of Guys and Dolls had chicken costumes for "A Bushel and a Peck" that involved large feather tails.
- The "traditional" Las Vegas showgirl wears loads with many of her outfits (often in tandem with a Showgirl Skirt).
Toys
- Barbie has some outfits with feathers.
Video Games
- Yuna's wedding dress in Final Fantasy X.
- Edea's dress in Final Fantasy VIII
- Lightning's new outfit in Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a Showgirl Skirt of white feathers.
- Aya of OneChanbara wears a feather boa and feather-trimmed bikini.
- The empress's dress in Skies of Arcadia.
- Ling Xiaoyu's dress in Tekken 5 and 6.
- Alita Tiala from Apollo Justice Ace Attorney wears a dress with white feathers on her chest arranged like angel wings, to make her seem sweet and innocent. But like previous seemingly pure and innocent characters, she wasn't, killing that one guy and trying to frame her fiancee.
- Rare male example: Balder from Bayonetta wears not only peacock feathers, but enormous peacock feathers... that come from a dead white peacock he has draped over his shoulder. The feathers later become a part of him when he goes One-Winged Angel (or Twelve Winged Angel, in this case) for his Boss Battle.
- Then there's Jeanne, who has enormous feather tassels on the ends of her guns for most of the game.
- Dance Dance Revolution (Wii) has a sexy angel dress trimmed with white or black feathers, and a similarly trimmed hand fan.
- Gwendolyn's Battle Ballgown in Odin Sphere.
- The showgirl in Bloody Good Time.
- Morrigan of Dragon Age has crow feathers on her ridiculous patchwork outfit, a reference to the Celtic goddess. Anders and Merrill, the mage party members from Dragon Age II, both wear gray feathered pauldrons on their shoulders. This ties into the symbolism of the Feather Motif; as mages, both live in fear of being hunted down and imprisoned for the rest of their lives, and freedom for all mages is Anders's primary motivation. Furthermore, Anders eventually starts wearing black feathers, bringing him closer to the evil/death Ravens and Crows motif (Merrill even tells him he looks like a crow), symbolizing his corruption by the demon of Vengeance possessing him and his decision to blow up the Chantry.
Web Original
- The Nostalgia Chick has a white feather boa she wore in her Showgirls review and in her fetish-y guest spot on That Jewish Guy's "Myths About Hanukkah" video.
Western Animation
- A George of the Jungle story told of the Oo-oo Birds, whose tail feathers had the effect of making the women who wore them look gorgeous, resulting in a rash of poachers plucking the hapless birds.
- The Dinoco girls from Cars.
Real Life
- Feather earrings and hats with feathers on are often in fashion. Same for handbags with feather decoration.
- These hats were very popular in the early 20th century. It had the effect of decimating entire populations of herons, egrets, and other birds with fancy plumage.
- The Fairytale Wedding Dress worn by Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. See it here and here.
- The pink dress that Angie Harmon wore to the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards had a feather neckline and feather skirt. Also the designer based it off an earlier wedding dress she made.
- Cee-Lo Green's performance at the 2011 Grammy Awards used rainbow-colored feathers.
- Bjork's infamous and oft-parodied swan dress that she wore to the Oscars one year. It wasn't just feathers; she rocked the whole bird.
- Beyoncé wore a show Fairytale Wedding Dress with a feather-trimmed skirt at the 2009 BET awards.
- The extravagant costumes worn by The Mummers during their annual New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia. Each individual costume has dozens of ostrich feathers, each of which can cost as much as $5. And since some of the clubs have several dozen performers marching down Broad St. in a performance...
- Several outfits worn by female dancers during the Brazillian carnival sport giant, peacocked back feathers.