Put a Bird On It
From phone cases to shoes, avian-adorned products sell.
Birds are big business鈥攕hopping site alone offers more than 400,000 avian-adorned products, from rugs to iPhone cases. The flying creatures also influence haute couture. loved birds and worked sartorial magic with feathers, stunning fans on and off the runway. And forget wingtips鈥攁vian-inspired footwear is reaching loftier heights. 鈥檚 heels embody mallards, flamingos, and more. Meanwhile, fashion designer Marieka Ratsma and architect Kotstika Spaho鈥檚 exquisite 鈥渂iomimicry shoe鈥 (above) draws from a bird skull鈥檚 structure and aesthetic. Talk about a flight of fancy.
This story originally ran as鈥淩unway Takeoff鈥 in the March-April 2013 issue of 探花精选 magazine.