My original concept for this fashion was for Heidi to look like a mythical princess that rose from the Sea. So to ensure this look and tie this ensemble together Samantha, my lead designer, made the incredible exotic and wild looking crystal and Paua tiara.

The skirt flares out so brilliantly it looks like there is a wedding hoop underneath—but there is nothing there but feathers. It took me years to create the technique to make this feather skirt that contains only 3 inches of fabric at the waistband. In the final stages to complete the skirt it took three of us weeks to directly form it around Heidi’s body in a natural looking way.

I painstakingly hand selected each of the feathers from the peacock farms in southern MN. They had more dander than any cat, so after sorting through thousands of feathers over a ten hour period I was deathly sick with allergies.