Friday, November 30, 2012

When to Use Peacock Feathers and Grosgrain

It is astonishing how we continue to change trends, influence taste and choices, and add preferences in terms of style and fashion. Especially to those who were enthralled and are currently caught in the midst of fashion, you cannot simply make do with what is offered on the table. To be able to make a mark in the fashion industry, you should never be bounded by the rules of the norm (if there actually is one to begin with) and you should start working around your own parameters. Like any form of visual art, fashion is fluid and takes no definite shape unless you of course if you confine yourself to a specific genre or to a specific era of taste and trends.

Fashion designers and dressmakers have made it a conscious effort to make use of clothing and garment accessories in order to achieve levels of aesthetics and functionality. Clothing and garment accessories such as peacock feather and grosgrain are just 2 of the many kinds of accessories that individuals in the industry of fashion are fully accustomed to.

Peacock feathers are beautiful. No one can escape the captivating magic and the colorful exchange of hues in a single piece of a peacock feather. Even as you see a real live peacock in the zoo or in the park, its easily be engaged by its beauty and flounce. Even in the name of fashion, fashion designers and dressmakers make use of a peacock feather's vibrancy and astounding color play by placing it as accents for dresses, evening gown ensembles, wide brim hats, bracelets and belts. The spiral and circular part of a peacock feather where all the colors of purple, green and blue combine are also used as earrings. A hook is simply attached on that part of the peacock feather to make anyone who wears it undeniably beautiful. Of course, peacock feathers used in this kind of activity are synthetic versions of the natural ones. Commendation must given to designers and manufacturers of these synthetic peacock feathers for copying a natural feather down to its fine and intricate elements.

Aside from peacock feathers, grosgrain are also widely used as an aesthetic and functional component of clothing items. Grosgrain primarily looks similar to ribbons and laces. The only difference is that grosgrain is more durable and stronger than a meter of ribbon or lace. Grosgrain is composed of woven silk or wool or a combination of both. The ribbed and woven characteristic of grosgrain makes it a perfect functional element to use in evening dresses for girls and evening coats for guys. With its thick and sturdy composition, grosgrain is used to form part of a button-up polo such as the collar and the arm cuffs. Grosgrain is also used as part of the waistband of jeans or formal pants. Aside from a wide functional use for grosgrain for clothes, grosgrain is also used in other practical applications such as in book binding, cargo handling and gift wrapping.



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