Costuming Middle Eastern Dance Performing Arts

Covers various styles, including tribal. Advice and instructions for making headpieces, tops, skirts and pants, and belts, including tips such as secure beading, ways to tie belts, and layering.

• The Costume Goddess - Sells bellydance costume how-to book. Also includes costume and bellydance costuming art galleries, tips and caricatures.
• Kyria's Closet - Gothic and bellydance clothes. Descriptions and patterns, articles, links, tips, and Kyria's biography. [English/Dutch]
• Hair Extensions - Guide with a gallery of Gothic punk creations and advice on materials and shops. UK based.
• Costumes - Covers various styles, including tribal. Advice and instructions dance for making middle eastern headpieces, tops, skirts and pants, and dance belts, including tips such middle eastern as secure beading, ways dance to tie belts, and layering.
• Dawn Devine Brown - Author, costumier, dancer and historian. Books, links to articles, a quarterly e-zine on costuming and details of classes in Milpitas. Includes a glossary of belly dance and cultural terms.
• Farfesha: Belly Dance Articles - Includes advice on tailoring a bought costume, making dance tassels, wrapping turbans, costume care, costume prices, zil dance elastic, collecting your dowry, and making a tribal dance skirt.
• Shira: Costume Corner - Help and advice for a beginners, practice outfit, the classic dance look, and costuming a troupe. Book reviews, tips and tricks, dance and galleries including fabulous fuller figures, historical garb and making dance your own.

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