Thought Provoking Belly Dance Costumes: the good, the bad and the hideous

[PracticalDancer]

Or maybe it's a glut of shaabi videos. You never know.

It's a Sha'abi thing. A dancer (Camelia of Cairo? I can't remember!) Taught a similar Sha'abi choreo here in VA a while back, complete with this suggested costume style. Movement vocabulary was similar, too.

 

[Amulya]

The the 'enlightened' dancer....
(the lights look fluffy and that triangle is weird)

 

[Daimona]

The the 'enlightened' dancer....
(the lights look fluffy and that triangle is weird)

That was the easy way of using lights. The easiest way isn't always the best way...

Although, fluffy, strangely placed lights aren't the only thing that appears to be thought provoking with this costume. It could be interesting to see a picture of the costume with the lights turned off...

 

[Harry]

That was the easy way of using lights. The easiest way isn't always the best way...

Although, fluffy, strangely placed lights aren't the only thing that appears to be thought provoking with this costume. It could be interesting to see a picture of the costume with the lights turned off...

It might also be interesting to see the costume 'in use'... I don't think every dancer could make this work.

 

[Amulya]

What about this weird costume?
http://uglycostumegoddess.blogspot.com/2015/06/barfing-monster.html

 

[Harry]

What about this weird costume?
http://uglycostumegoddess.blogspot.com/2015/06/barfing-monster.html

It looks strange to me, as well, Amulya. I like to see a little more side to side flow, not the directly down, or barf-like.

 

[Aniseteph]

It's cumulatively thought provoking. Central barf might work, although not if it's see through in a critical area, but then the bra ... I suppose the one distracts the eye from the other.

Thanks for the chance to see the wonkyboob technicolour crochet bra again, in the pics at the top. Absolute classic UBDC (come on, that's plain ugly, I stand by the opinion and refuse to use polite euphemisms).

 

[Shanazel]

Way to take a stand, girl! None of that PC nonsense. Some things are truly hideous and no amount of adjustment will salvage the beasts.

 

[Amulya]

Another one:
http://uglycostumegoddess.blogspot.com/2015/06/faling-skies-theme.html

 

[Harry]

Remove the 'alien harness', and might look okay.

 

[Shanazel]

The location in which the back gold panel is attached removes all possibility of okay, Harry. I prefer the alien harness to the bustle blurt.

 

[Harry]

Hmmm... I see what you mean, Shan. That's what I get for looking at these things with my smartphone. :redface: Much clearer on the desktop. So, ok, the 'bustle blurt' has gotta go, as well.

 

[Shanazel]

Hey, those screens are little! Even a bustle blurt can go unnoticed.

 

[Harry]

That's right, Shan. Smartphone screens may cause one to occasionally miss some detail, but otherwise, they aren't bad. Farasha Hanem shared a really great video of Cassandra Fox on her FB page, and it was absolutely great watching it on my BlackBerry! BTW, remembering the topic of this thread, Cassandra wore a beautiful costume.

If I've learned nothing else around here, the dancer has to select, or create, a costume that works best for him/her. That would be Rule #1. Rule #2 may be to produce something thought to be really snazzy, but Rule #1 can't be overlooked. :naghty:

 

[Shanazel]

Serious thoughts provoked. Viewer discretion advised.

 

[Shanazel]

The amateurish quality of the above items is appalling, both in design and execution. One wonders why Isis Exchange would even stock such poor merchandise unless its buyer is being blackmailed by an unscrupulous and untalented cousin who wants to be a designer.

And yes, I am being judgmental- I think they suck. :dance:

 

[Harry]

I gotta agree, Shan. I would be embarrassed for the dancer that would wear any of that stuff.:shok:

 

[Darshiva]

I reckon that the second one could be rescued by removing the belly drape and the sixth one could be rescued by removing the feathers. Two minutes of unpicking on the first and ten on the second and I get $10 worth of free fringing and an awesome practice boa for burly as well as two low-end costumes for beginners to personalise/bling up.

 

[Amulya]

Wow those are fantastically ugly!

 

[Amulya]

I reckon that the second one could be rescued by removing the belly drape and the sixth one could be rescued by removing the feathers. Two minutes of unpicking on the first and ten on the second and I get $10 worth of free fringing and an awesome practice boa for burly as well as two low-end costumes for beginners to personalise/bling up.

the cups need to be turned a bit too for it to become a costume that would fit a al human.