Down with crowns! - Page 2

Fatima · 01-31-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zorba

I've seen some that look nice (Jillina? Doesn't she wear one sometimes?), but it does need to be the "right" dancer with the "right" costume, blah, blah. Don't ask me to define that!

Yes, I know what you mean. Saida can wear a crown pretty nicely. As far as I can see only an extremely small bunch of dancers can do it without looking way too silly.

Aniseteph · 01-31-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Shanazel

If I can't have the giant crown Queen Elizabeth got to wear during her coronation, I'm just not gonna play (crosses arms and says, hrumph! loudly).

Ooooh, can you imagine the matching belly dance costume for that!

Diamonds, velvet, ermine....

Don't know about crowns (apart from a big

to those silly little delicate jobs that perch on your head like a little birdcage), but I've seen a very dodgy headband - a sort of rolled thing worn straight across the forehead. Just said 1980's workout video to me. Bless her, she was probably too young to know...

Salome · 02-01-2008, 04:54 PM

I third what Zorba said, a very few certain *type* of dancer/personality/presentation can pull off a crown without it looking odd.

Aisha Azar · 02-01-2008, 05:11 PM

Dear Gang,
I have several videos of Lucy's Egypt dancing in crowns as part of her costumes. It looks pretty natural on her. I also have a PR photo of Suhaila Salimpour as a teenager wearing a tiny little crown. She looks like maybe the Queen of Imperial Margarine. I would look like a total idiot in a crown, but I have a student who would look positively lovely in one!
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
Regards,
A'isha

Reen.Blom · 02-01-2008, 06:22 PM

Any decent picrures of bd crowns? what is the difference tween crown n headband?

belly_dancer · 02-01-2008, 09:13 PM

I would ass-u-me the difference would be a crown sits ON top of your head while a headband goes across the forehead in some manner (unlike the little girl headbands that pull your hair back... (actually, BD crowns I have seen ARE like those headbands with a vertical crown looking thing sticking up.... assume the headband part is more secure for one to wear if one is actually dancing as opposed to sitting on a float or something

)
& crowns DEFINITELY scream 90's (not that I am one to talk.... I absolutely LOVE & wear mostly the "vintage" am cab belly dance look!!!!)
I think if it suits YOU AND your DANCE then by all means.... wear it...
but I could never be a crown girl.... for oh sooooo many reasons!!

Moon · 02-01-2008, 09:33 PM

headband (what does that have to do with little girls?

), crown

Brea · 02-01-2008, 10:56 PM

I think when I am saying crowns I am mainly referring to the hippie-style headbands that come with costumes (which I refuse to wear) like:

http://turkish-emporium.com/moreinfo...ce_Costume__34

That makes me look like WONDER WOMAN!!!!!
or I just got back from Woodstock and wanted to bellydance.

Farasha Hanem · 02-02-2008, 01:00 AM

I don't think I'd even look good in a headband, much less a crown.

I definitely agree with Salome and some of the others here---only a few can really pull off wearing a crown with a BD costume. I'm just not one of them (don't wanna be, either!).

da Sage · 02-02-2008, 01:21 AM

Those "regular" headbands look really cool on Ansuya. I keep seeing these headband/crown things (which have points that stick up in the air) included with costumes for sale...but strangely, I've never seen one on a real person.

02-01-2008, 05:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
Aisha Azar V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 4,464	Crowns, etc. Dear Gang, I have several videos of Lucy's Egypt dancing in crowns as part of her costumes. It looks pretty natural on her. I also have a PR photo of Suhaila Salimpour as a teenager wearing a tiny little crown. She looks like maybe the Queen of Imperial Margarine. I would look like a total idiot in a crown, but I have a student who would look positively lovely in one! Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Regards, A'isha

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Reen.Blom V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Between Heaven and Earth Posts: 2,263	Any decent picrures of bd crowns? what is the difference tween crown n headband? __________________ Join WORLD BELLY DANCE DAY! www.worldbellydanceday.com

02-01-2008, 09:13 PM	#16 (permalink)
belly_dancer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: central coast, California Posts: 569	I would ass-u-me the difference would be a crown sits ON top of your head while a headband goes across the forehead in some manner (unlike the little girl headbands that pull your hair back... (actually, BD crowns I have seen ARE like those headbands with a vertical crown looking thing sticking up.... assume the headband part is more secure for one to wear if one is actually dancing as opposed to sitting on a float or something) & crowns DEFINITELY scream 90's (not that I am one to talk.... I absolutely LOVE & wear mostly the "vintage" am cab belly dance look!!!!) I think if it suits YOU AND your DANCE then by all means.... wear it... but I could never be a crown girl.... for oh sooooo many reasons!!

02-01-2008, 10:56 PM	#18 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	I think when I am saying crowns I am mainly referring to the hippie-style headbands that come with costumes (which I refuse to wear) like: http://turkish-emporium.com/moreinfo...ce_Costume__34 That makes me look like WONDER WOMAN!!!!! or I just got back from Woodstock and wanted to bellydance. __________________ www.breamorgiane.com

02-01-2008, 04:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Salome Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Corvallis, Oregon, USA Posts: 1,810	I third what Zorba said, a very few certain type of dancer/personality/presentation can pull off a crown without it looking odd.

02-01-2008, 09:33 PM	#17 (permalink)
Moon V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 3,627	headband (what does that have to do with little girls? ), crown

02-02-2008, 01:00 AM	#19 (permalink)
Farasha Hanem Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In the heartland of the USA Posts: 602	I don't think I'd even look good in a headband, much less a crown. I definitely agree with Salome and some of the others here---only a few can really pull off wearing a crown with a BD costume. I'm just not one of them (don't wanna be, either!).

02-02-2008, 01:21 AM	#20 (permalink)
da Sage V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: MN Posts: 1,088	Those "regular" headbands look really cool on Ansuya. I keep seeing these headband/crown things (which have points that stick up in the air) included with costumes for sale...but strangely, I've never seen one on a real person.