Thought Provoking Belly Dance Costumes: the good, the bad and the hideous
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Harry
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Always good to hear from both Amulya and Shanazel.... Yeah, you, too, Zorba.
Isn't the costume on the horse animal abuse?
On the mirror business, I thought costumes are supposed to serve to accent, not be the main feature. Then, there should be enough material to not look like a reject from a stripper's closet.
Isn't the costume on the horse animal abuse?
On the mirror business, I thought costumes are supposed to serve to accent, not be the main feature. Then, there should be enough material to not look like a reject from a stripper's closet.
Harry
Member
Something happened (did Hell freeze over, or something?): Started receiving notes from this forum in my email. I vaguely recall registering to receive posts, but don't recall ever getting anything. Anyway, it reminded me that I hadn't been here in awhile. It's easy to get all distracted on FB, and other places.
I'm still trying to get my teacher on here...
Greek Bonfire
Well-known member
I'm not crazy about the horse wearing a costume either although some animals do like wearing clothes!
LibraRaqs
Member
I personally think the red one on the right is best. The red, black accenting, and silver go well together!
Shanazel
Moderator
When you weigh half a ton or more, it's pretty easy to resist being dressed.
Greek Bonfire
Well-known member
LOL!! That's a whinner!!
I've certainly seen worse than those two bras. The first one does look a little more student-y/underwear-y than I like, and the lack of color symmetry on the cowrie flowers on the red one yanks my perfectionist chain, but otherwise...meh? I suppose the fringe placement is a bit problematic, but it isn't <<der droopenunderbooben>> you get when the fringe swags along the cup bottoms.
Amulya
Moderator
I report a listing because the bra was one I had seen many other places online. If only Etsy would pay me to sit around all day reporting non-handmade listings. You know those generic hipscarves in various colors, with coins? The ones you can get for a buck on ebay? I've seen those on there too. If I can get one from the mall, its not handmade. Lol.
Also, here's another... thought provoking Etsy item:
"Scarlet's Lounge Tribal Belly Dance Pimpin Black Sequin Fedora Hat- Flowers, Feathers, Beaded Trim, Turkoman Button"
*EDIT*
HAD to add this:
Soooo, was this person just using random tags to get more viewers?
Oh that one with buttons have been around for years, maybe 10 or more! Unless it is a very identical new one
Etsy is notorious with non handmade things and yet really nasty to honest sellers I heard.
Daimona
Moderator
I like the idea, and the colors. Not sure how good it is to actually dance in.
Would be perfect for the Bouillabaise troupe, though.
I love the teal, but I'm not feeling the "ornamental kale" bra, and the slit on the right front hip is terrifying. Don't wear a costume that upstages your dancing by encouraging the audience to spend your entire performance looking for a wardrobe malfunction!
Yeah, I wondered about all that crunchy organza myself.
Especially if you hid a little Nemo toy in all those skirt ruffles...
The pearl bullseyes or something else?
The big pearls must be beads, since there are a few dangles made with them. It's hard to get a round object to stick to a flatter one without creating a big "bezel" out of glue, and that doesn't appear to be happening (and they're too spherical to be cabochons), so you might be able to get them off the bra. I'm not sure you could do the same for the problematically centered bra filigrees, though.
When that style of costume first came out, people were making the filigrees with covered wire. I'm not sure if that's what is here or if they are some other base like Cricut-ed leather or plastic. And whatever they are, how well do they hold shape after performing a few times in the costume? Do they bend or get floppy?
Also, this is very pretty on the rack, but I personally am not keen on the showgirl-style naked costumes. I know some customers like ultra-sexy costumes, but I would be too cowardly to wear one. Those glue-ons on the straps fade away at a distance or in dim nightclub light, and we're back to an audience staring at everything but your musicality and wondering if they're going to catch a naughty glimpse of something.
Shanazel
Moderator
Perhaps the designer had to removed a strip of skirt in order to make the bra? I suspect the skirt would swing rather than flow during a dance- looks pretty stiff. One good swing would probably reveal mysteries best left unrevealed. Pretty colors and interesting basic idea.
Shanazel
Moderator
I'm not seeing it. Not sure I want to see it. Point it out anyway and satisfy the masochist in my costuming soul. I'm old-fashioned enough to think that costumes should enhance one's performance and not distract from it by revealing or pretending to reveal everything from dancer's soup to nuts (excuse the expression, gentlemen; it was an unintended double entendre but I think I'll leave it because it amuses me in an adolescent way). I've watched more than more than one performance where I was preoccupied by thoughts like, "How in the hell is she keeping that thing on?"