Culture does get affected by economy, I'm pretty sure. When ecomony changes you see differences in cultures too. Not sure how music gets affected, but it probably would as well. Very interesting to look into that, but not easy!
Here's some 70's fringe for you
(There's another fringed costume which I can't find now, which threatens to engulf her completely!)
Mona's costume fringe looks like some kind of fibre or filament to me, but I can't think of what would be so shiny and not tangle. Strings of beads might be trouble waiting to happen, with all that swishing around!
It could be long silk fringes.
What did you mean by grooming standards?
Does anyone have pictures of ITS costumes?
OMG I think it is! I only get occasional bouts of stage fright, but I would flat out die if she were in my audience.Isn't that Soheir Zaki in the audience at 4:28?