Thread: Ultra Bad-Ass Vintage Costumes

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HOLY WOW! Thanks Shems!

Thank you so much for sharing all of this!!!

All of it is so waaaaaaw... *sigh*

Just looking at it has something magical!

Check out these bra cups! I bought the sleeve to this album at a thrift store. The check out girl let me have it for 25 cents because there was no album in it. I just wanted it for the weird costume on the cover. The pic is too small to make out the details, but the bra cups are metal with grooves in concentric circles centered on, you guessed it, the nipple area. That choker looks downright immobilizing.

This is a pic I found of the cover online because it was much easier than taking a pic and uploading it.

Originally Posted by shems

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Is it just me or does she resemble Kate Bush circa Wuthering Heights vintage?

from here:

VintageGal

Originally Posted by shems

This costume scares me. That front panel looks like it needs to be at least two inches wider on either side where it meets the belt. If nothing else, wouldn't it be annoying to have that panel constantly flapping between your legs while you were trying to dance?

I feel that way with a lot of these vintage costumes, add a little more skirt and then I'll be happy:-)

Originally Posted by shems

I feel that way with a lot of these vintage costumes, add a little more skirt and then I'll be happy:-)

Thank you for keeping this thread alive!

Originally Posted by Qamar60

Thank you for keeping this thread alive!

yeah...too bad a lot of the original photos disappeared. We might have to re-find some of these and give them their own dedicated flickr account... :-)

I love this thread!

In some ways I wish I hadn't seen this thread, now I have heaps more ideas I want to work on WAAAHHHHHH

Some photos from this thread has disappeared, I thought I might see if I could bring back a few of those favorites.

You can see these gorgeous photos of Dahlena at: Home

Souhair Zaki:

From Turkish Postcards:

More Turkish Postcards:

Thanks to Shems for posting a pretty Yvonne De Darlo pic of FB ... I've spend my morning looking for vintage costumes porn!

Yvonne De Carlo (Hotel Sahara) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

And other dancers:

Originally Posted by bul_bul_ksa

Is it just me or does she resemble Kate Bush circa Wuthering Heights vintage?

It's not just you! I saw the same resemblance!!!!

thanks, that saves me posting them. :-)

Color photo of Nejla Ates

Pic of Ozel Turkbas that I have never seen before