Victoria's Secret: The Story Behind the Feathers
Feathers have been a fashion statement for millennia. They play the same alluring role for humans as they do for birds.
A flock of models clad in a minimum of lingerie and an excess of feathers will land on your television screen tonight (December 10). The occasion for the fine-feathered frenzy (angel wings, feathered bustles, and a feathered bustier)—not to mention a $10 million, 18-karat gold "fantasy bra" encrusted with diamonds and rubies—will be the 18th annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show to be broadcast by CBS at 10 p.m. EST, 9 p.m. CST.
"We supplied about 620,000 feathers for the show," said Jon Coles, a partner in the Dersh Feather Company, located in New York's garment district. (Angel wings are a Victoria's Secret company icon, hence the proliferation of plumage.) The feathers ranged from five- or six-inch-long chicken feathers to 50-inch-long
