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Sunday, July 18th, 2010


photo credit: Mark Thomson


Silvana Costa, of Wicked Peacock Designs, chats with a customer during the Art Beat Festival held in Davis Square, Somerville on July 17th, 2010.

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Thursday, July 8th, 2010


Wicked Peacock Designs featured at Empire Beauty School’s “Decades of Beauty” event on July 8th, 2010. Beauty school students styled mannequins in 1920’s hairdos, accenting with unique fashions from Wicked Peacock Designs.  


Here are some of the designs by Wicked Peacock:



Hair Styled by: Empire Beauty School in Waltham, MA



Hair Styled by: Empire Beauty School in Waltham, MA


Hair Styled by: Empire Beauty School in Waltham, MA


http://www.empire.edu/

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Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Creativity Spares the Bank Account
By LORNA COLQUHOUN


It looked like a wedding day, it tasted like a wedding day, and it smelled like a wedding day on a spring day last month.  

There was a bride being photographed in the field, there was a florist arranging beautiful flowers with preciseness, and an elegant wedding cake appeared to await the first cut by a happy couple.

 

But what it really was that day at The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem was a "could-be" wedding. No vows were exchanged and no bouquet was tossed.

 

"This is an open house," said Diana Ma, a Littleton-based wedding planner. "We want to show that brides can be creative in their venues, without breaking the bank. Anything is possible."


Ma was among more than a dozen wedding professionals, including bridal accessories by Wicked Peacock Designs, from across the state who got together and brainstormed a wedding with a rustic room in a barn at The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem as a backdrop.

 

Beautifully lit and rustic, the room was set up for 60 guests and had a $30,000 budget. The average cost of a wedding in 2009 was $28,385, according to The Knot, an online wedding-planning resource.

 

The decorations were simple and matched the setting. It was a chance for brides to see the whole picture, not just a picture in a magazine.

 

"Women will go to bridal shows and see all these ideas and swatches of fabric, but they have a hard time envisioning it," Ma said. "This gives them an opportunity to touch, feel and smell."


From the rental tables and chairs to the cake, dishes and flowers, all the items used to set up the wedding are what brides planning their White Mountains weddings can expect to find locally.


More than the tangible things needed to put together a wedding, brides need to have a vision of what they want on their special day.

 

For example, floral designer Emily Hersig was working with a $3,000 flower budget, planning to spend $175 on each table.

 

She suggested brides consider a modest bouquet and use flowers to make a statement at the tables.

 

"Give your 'wow' where it has the most impact," she said.

Event Planner: Diana Ma Weddings


http://www.dianamaweddings.com

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 Boston's Sexiest
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Silvana Costa, owner of Wicked Peacock Designs: Boston's Sexiest, 2010
by Scott Kearnan

Costa is a Jill of all trades...she repurposes vintage materials into rings and hair accessories for her design company, Wicked Peacock Designs...We deem her a sexy dirt-kicking design diva.

Kearnan: Where'd "Wicked Peacock" originate? I was responding to an e-mail asking how I liked working in the Back Bay...I wrote, "It's a wicked peacock scene; everyone's strutting their stuff." After I was like, "Damn, that's a hot double entendre."


photo credit: Michael Diskin

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Bling it On

A local accessories designer with anything-but-local style

Monday, March 22, 2010

 

Statement-making accessories are always in style, especially big, shiny cocktail rings. The first time I met accessories designer Silvana Costa, she was sporting a massive brushed gold saucer with a slice of pearl on her finger. I have no shame asking people where they got their coveted jewels, and Costa's reply was that she had made it. I had to try my hardest not to tear the ring right off her finger.

Costa has been has been designing for her label, Wicked Peacock Designs, for two years. Her delicate toppers and bridal headpieces incorporate feathers, flowers, and vintage beads. I like her veiled headbands best. Be sure to check out the Wicked Peacock look book, which features stunning photography by Laura Parent.

The Medford-based accessories designer is not afraid to wear something "a little out there," and has fiery style for a Bostonian. (She can't live without her black-stitched, vintage Tennesee high-heeled, gold-tipped cowgirl boots.) Her motto: I peacock, therefore I am.

When I ran into Costa recently at a friend's craft night, she was busily sorting through a tray of vintage beads, whipping up rhinestone-encrusted stunners and enamel brooches, which she promptly pinned on fellow crafters. The girl has a natural talent for turning '80s clip-on earrings into baubles you would actually wear.

Wicked Peacock can be found at Davis Squared in Somerville (whose owner, Melissa Christie, Costa credits with inspiring her to market her work) and Cibeline on Charles Street. 

 

    www.rodeoandco.com
Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Wicked Peacock Designs {Wicked Cool Accessories}

by Meg McGovern Hamilton

Looking for a funky, vintage, unique cocktail ring, bridal headpiece or hair accessory?  Wicked Peacock Designs is the mastermind of the wickedly talented Silvana Costa who hails from the Boston area….Silvana designed the headpiece and cocktail ring that our “bride” wore a few weeks back at the inspirational shoot at The Rocks Estate.  Here are a few shots I snapped of some of Wicked Peacock’s cocktails rings when I had a few quiet moments that busy day!



photo credit: Meg McGovern Hamilton



photo credit: Meg McGovern Hamilton



photo credit: Meg McGovern Hamilton
  


photo credit: Meg McGovern Hamilton

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

A "Wicked" Photo Shoot Takes Place at Medford's Brooks Estate

Medford — Medford designer Silvana Costa, of Wicked Peacock Designs, and her team of fashion-forward savants took over the Brooks Estate Manor house in Medford on Feb. 27 for a fashion shoot.

The purpose was to photograph and launch Costa’s new line of cocktail rings, “Gypsy Glam,” made from re-purposed vintage jewelry.

Having grown-up in Medford, it was important for Costa to shoot at the Manor.

“I woke up one day and thought, we have to do the shoot at the Brooks Estate,” she said. “I wanted to photograph in a place with a historic-classy-vintage feel, but also somewhere that reflected where I came from as a way to reconnect with my roots, since I moved back to Medford after having left for almost ten years. Medford has a lot of charm, a lot of history, and I want to call some attention to it.”

Costa couldn’t have done it without the work of Adrienne Apel, caretaker of the Brooks Estate, Tom Lincoln, MBELT president, photographer Laura Parent of Relive Photography, stylist Amanda Maciel Antunes of d.aMa Designs, models Shannon O’Brien and Brehon Garcia-Dale and coordinating manager Becky Brackett.

You can purchase Wicked Peacock Designs at Davis Squared in Davis Square, Cibeline on Charles Street in Beacon Hill or by contacting Silvana Costa at wickedpeacock@gmail.com.

To donate to the Brook Estate Land Trust and help preserve this important piece of Medford History, contact Tom Lincoln at: BrooksEstate@aol.com.


photo credit: Laura Parent
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Monday, March 15th, 2010

Vintage Bridal Accessories: A Bridal Shoot by Relive Photography

We are so excited to share with you a photo shoot by Massachusetts wedding photographer, Relive Photography. This is a great look at some vintage wedding accessories captured by one of our my Kate Parker Wedding members. Check out the pictures below along with an insiders look at the shoot by photographer, Laura Parent.


photo credit: Laura Parent

Laura Parent of Relive Photography:

As a wedding photographer with a Vintage Flair at Relive Photography,  I love accessories and especially “Vintage Accessories," so I thought it would be fun to show some different and unique items that are perfect for your wedding day.  I have just finished a Fashion Photo Shoot to show-off these exact items.  Brides can wear these custom hand-made rings as costume accessories on the big day, and she also can give them as gifts to her bridal party.  These rings have all been custom made by Wicked Peacock and are all created from antique estate jewelry which means that every one is a unique one of a kind.  Also Wicked Peacock is a fabulous designer of Vintage Hair Accessories and Bridal Hair Accessories. 

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photo credit: Sarah Colvin 

 

With Courtney Roy-Branigan at the Boston Center for Adult Education's special event, Celebrating the First Ladies of Fashion. Here Silvana impromptly discusses the importance of "owning your look" and fashion as "performative, a role you play, a character you pull out of yourself." Wicked Peacock Designs donated first-lady-inspired fascinators to help raise money for the BCAE's scholarship fund. 

Silvana's ostrich-feathered headpiece is not a Wicked Peacock Design. (Vintage score from Poor Little Rich Girl on Newbury!)

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photo credit: Erin Smith

Wicked Peacock's Silvana Costa at Somerville Locals for Love held at Poor Little Rich Girl in Davis Square. Wicked Peacock Designs donated 25% of proceeds to Somerville Local First, an organization committed to supporting local business owners and promoting locally-produced goods.

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