Thread: Ultra Bad-Ass Vintage Costumes

Originally Posted by Sarahamh

Now I'm intrigued...what do you mean exactly?

Believe it or not, there is a name for these outfits, but since it's not a word I hear very often, I can't remember.

Originally Posted by spicedjellybeans

Believe it or not, there is a name for these outfits, but since it's not a word I hear very often, I can't remember.

No, no, I'm not being snarky ..g.: I'm trying to picture these outfits and I can't! If its an Italian sounding word I might be able to help ..g.:

Originally Posted by Sarahamh

No, no, I'm not being snarky ..g.: I'm trying to picture these outfits and I can't! If its an Italian sounding word I might be able to help ..g.:

Oh, I know you weren't being snarky. I just emailed the sci-fi expert at about.com. Hopefully he will email me back with the answer.

hmm I know some Italian but have NO clue what that could be!
what does it look like?
you re not talking about Barbarella are you?
that s not a costume but a character I think..

Plus, she s more of a stripper character :)

Found it, I think! Frank Frazetta (born 1928) is a comic book and sci-fi/fantasy paperback cover artist. I didn't actually find a statement about these costumes being called Frazettas, but I'm pretty sure this is the word I was looking for. The info fits.

Interestingly enough, his son owns a well stocked costume shop in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Wonder how many Frazettas are in stock.

Not much of a website, you need to visit in person if you want to see the merchandise, but this gives the address and contact info if anyone's interested:

FRAZETTAS FANTASY CORNER

Originally Posted by Sarahamh

I'm trying to picture these outfits and I can't!

Generally, the bra is brass. Ouch! Like Princess Leia's. There is a belly dancer with a YouTube channel who goes to Star Wars conventions dressed in a replica of Princess Leia's slave costume. She's a big hit.

YouTube - autumnfireinme's Channel

I wasn't sure if I should share this next batch. They aren't belly dance costumes, but vintage fashions inspired by the middle east. But then I thought some of you will love these. I think all the photos are by Henry Clarke:

Since I noticed a corbis watermark on some of these it made me interested in checking out the corbis archive for bd photos. They have some cool vintage shots, but I don't think I should post them here. But you can check them out:

Corbis: photography, rights, motion - Search Results

Corbis: photography, rights, motion - Search Results

Originally Posted by shems

Her hair has achieved maximum bigness - you could smuggle contraband in that 'do!

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

Her hair has achieved maximum bigness - you could smuggle contraband in that 'do!

..l;,..l;,..l;, Good one, TH-TX! :))

Shems, these are FANTASTIC photos!!!

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

Her hair has achieved maximum bigness - you could smuggle contraband in that 'do!

..l;,..l;,..l;,

Hey, if a Texan says its big hair, you know its big hair

Originally Posted by Sarahamh

..l;,..l;,..l;,

Hey, if a Texan says its big hair, you know its big hair

DAYUM straight!

Well, taking about big hair, here is an other one:



..l;,..l;,

Qamar

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

Her hair has achieved maximum bigness - you could smuggle contraband in that 'do!

My friend Fatim-Zarah has a hugge amount of frizzy hair on her head, and would you believe that the last time she took the plane, her hair was search by a custom officer! .w.:



Qamar

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

DAYUM straight!

..g.:

I don't know how I missed this thread but it is absolutely fantastic. But the one dancer with the pasties is definitely over the top.

I like the Corbis picture taken at Petra, Jordan.

Shems, if there is a Bhuz award for the year, I nominate you!!

yeah! award for the obsessive image collector / compulsive procrastinator

I do my hair like this. lol...

And don't foget, with a bad ass costume, you need a bad ass pair of sequined shoes! (They were $5 at a thrifshop)



I can not dance with those but you can be sure that for a photoshoot I will wear those for a truly 60s-vintage-bad ass-look!

Qamar

Love the shoes, Quamar!

vintage inspired:


another view of Liz and Lynn:


Vintage Inspired Ansuya:

Watermarked, but still cool:

Hey who is that man holding Ansuya? ..l;,

don't know how I missed these before:

not belly dance, but still cool:


Marlene Deitrich in Kismet:






Sylvia Operte in Desert Song:

Kismet the Play:






Yvonne De Carlo as Salome:


Yvonne De Carlo cheesecake: