I created a costume of Hussar, which includes a vest jacket, cuffs, a hat, a sword and a pare of boots. The boots are designed as a cover; and could be used on the top of any shoes.
All designed and sewed by myself. I used a combination of different materials. Most of the elements of design are hand stitched; some done by sewing machine. I have a life mannequin,- my son:

I am planning to improve my design by adding some decorative elements to the boots: a symbolic pattern and spurs.

Also, I explored an African pentagram symbols and created some sketches out of it combining them into a compositions with different underlying meaning.

The Symbol of Phoenix

http://livingartsoriginals.com/symbolism-phoenix.html

The story of the phoenix begins in ancient Egyptian mythology and was later developed in the Phoenician, Indian and Greek traditions. The phoenix has become a symbol recognized around the world as an emblem of fire, divinity and immortality of the soul.

http://www.crossroad.to/Books/symbols1.html

PHOENIX: A universal symbol of the sun, mystical rebirth, resurrection and immortality, this legendary red "fire bird" was believed to die in its self-made flames periodically (each hundred years, according to some sources) then rise again out of its own ashes. Linked to the worship of the fiery sun and sun gods such as Mexico's Quetzalcoatl, it was named "a god of Phoenecia" by the Phoenician. To alchemists, it symbolized the the destruction and creation of new forms of matter along the way to the ultimate transformation: physical (turn lead into gold) and spiritual (immortality - an occult alternative to the Christian salvation). The philosopher's stone was considered the key to this transformation.

http://ryuc.info/common/recreating_oneself/phoenix.htm

The interpretation of this legend has been that the Phoenix symbolizes the resurrection, immortality and mankind’s indestructible spirit.The phoenix as a symbol of our creative transformation.

http://www.crossroad.to/images/04/symbols/phoenix2.jpg

“The phoenix myth is in many ways the door way to our freedom as beings of unlimited creativity to create the reality we choose. It provides a key understanding of the creative process. Something old must be destroyed and transformed to make room for the new. So there always will be a sacrifice of something. The question is whether or not we hold onto what needs to be sacrificed.”

An important point needs to be noted her in this myth. Is not only the individual which needs to be transformed but the environment, the nest which it created. There is both an inner and outer transformation. The fire that destroys the nest we created and consumes us can be experienced as a Dark Night of the Soul that literally and figuratively burns up your ego. However in this same process there is a tremendous heat energy released in the fire that is available to transform any existing structure.http://ryuc.info/common/recreating_oneself/phoenix.htm

Some images of Phoenix I found on Internet

[http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Phoenix+Bird+of+Fire&Form=IQFRDR#a]