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Since so many of you enjoyed my post about Kenley Collins’ fascinating fascinators, here’s a link for the crafty among you: Simplicity Patterns’ How to Make a Feather Fascinator. Basic sewing skill is required, but if you can sew on a button, you can make this fascinator. The only materials you need are a plastic or metal hair comb, assorted feathers, one decorative shank button, a hand sewing needle, thread and a few seed beads.

While you’re at the Simplicity site, check out their other free sewing and crafts patterns, such as an obi belt, a skirt made out of old jeans, and fairy or bat wings.

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BellaSugar noted that last night’s premiere of Gossip Girl was heavy with headbands (and, ‘fess up, you have your eye on the green and white dress with matching headband Blair wore in the dinner scene). BellaSugar also noted that one of its fall “must-haves” is the plumage headband or a feather fascinator.

Ah, that brought to my mind a certain reality TV star who always has fantastic hair pieces, which often include feathers: Kenley Collins of Project Runway season five. (If Kenley gets aufed, I will sorely miss her red lipstick and kicky headbands.)

Kenley loves her hair accessories.

Kenley loves her hair accessories.

And this look isn’t only for ladies with long, silky pin-up girl locks. Colette Malouf, queen of hair accessories, shows even short-haired curly girls (me! me!) that this style is for us too… (more…)

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