| Great resources! Free patterns, instructions, and links lists Dawn Devine-Brown, author of Costuming From the Hip and From Turban to Toe Ring (cabaret and tribal) http://www.davina.org Shira’s Costuming Corner (cabaret and some tribal) http://www.shira.net/costuming.htm Desert Moon Dance’s “Learn to Dance, Learn to Sew” links list (cabaret) http://www.desertmoondance.com/modiste.htm Artemis Imports – sells many patterns and supplies (cabaret and tribal) http://www.artemisimports.com/patterns.htm Distant Caravans – includes another turban-tying demonstration, as well as for-sale items (tribal) http://www.greatbasin.net/~caravan/hub.html Our own Dina, The Costume Goddess (cabaret) http://www.costumegoddess.com/ Web sites with items to purchase are too numerous to mention! I suggest going to www.google.com and doing the following searches. (Note, a * is a “wildcard”, which means it will return results with variables in the place of the*. For instance, putting in “costum*”, you will get “costumes”, “costuming”, “costumer”, “costume”, etc) · belly dance costum* · belly dance pattern · middle eastern dance costum* · tribal belly dance · tribal costum* You are of course welcome to get in touch with me for any questions on your costuming adventures. I have a growing web-site of information, so check back often: www.costumer.org/costumer.html ~Mahirimah The Kamikaze Costumer clotho_2@yahoo.com The Seattle Med-Dance Forum: a place to meet fellow beautiful dancers in Western Washington www.costumer.org/theforum.html |