Thread: Ultra Bad-Ass Vintage Costumes

Originally Posted by shems

*sigh*

Sherry Britton's bod was just...amazing...

I am drooling over some of these costumes!!!

My favorite part about the bra featured on the cover of "How to Belly Dance for Your Husband" (post #89)? The safety pin holding the cups together. Classic.

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

*sigh*

Sherry Britton's bod was just...amazing...

I know, it's enough to give a girl a complex ..l;,

Originally Posted by _Tanya_

I know, it's enough to give a girl a complex ..l;,

And that was before Photoshop!

Originally Posted by Amira_Siddiqah

Ok, how is this for random thread derail?

But is it just me, just where I live, or do you not see these amazing hourglass figures any more these days? I mean, a lot of these ladies are clearly toned, yet still have that total hourglass. Whilst I see loads of women, dancers included, with beautiful figures- I just don't see the hourglass.

Anyway..ahem.. moving on

/end derail.

Exactly what I was wondering. I said I should of lived back then, then clothes would fit me. Got it from my mama... Buying pants is ridiculous. Probably why no matter how thin my mother or I get, the BMI chart will say we are overweight. Same thing with my the other women in my family. Not sure where it went, but it is still around. Look at Beyonce and J-Lo.

Originally Posted by SatinWorship19

As for me? I'd rather be shaped like a hot dog and be comfy .

You are not a hot dog. lol... ..l;, Far from it.

Originally Posted by artemisia_danst

now these i do know. ;-) salomon and sheba, right?

Is that Yvonne D'Carlo a.k.a. Lilly Munster???

In that naked clip where the dancer was wearing pasties, were they speaking german?

Originally Posted by EzmaSiddiqah

In that naked clip where the dancer was wearing pasties, were they speaking german?

Yes.

The interesting thing for me, having studied costume design, was noticing when the costume was built in a body sticking and when it was glued on. That was fun. You can usually tell because sometimes you can see her belly button and sometimes you can't. Kinda like many of the Erte costumes - they were only wearable from the front!

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Yes, it s German would you like to know what they're saying?

BTW - here are a couple of my vintage costumes. . .

Coins


another view



Aziza Said's green costume (this was my first bedlah! $30, The skirts cost me more that that!)




pirates booty



I have pics of one more in my photo album but I need to remember things like, which photo server did I use? ETA: Found it!

Back of the belt



A few more details



I have more, just can't get to the storage space with a camera. . .

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Originally Posted by shems

Ok, first off Thank you!!!! I'm on a creative high right now... *g*
2nd: OMG!!!! This is the chainmail thing I was thinking of!!! I'm so totally making this!

Thank-you to all posting these photos. They are delicious, shocking, beautiful...not enough words.

Originally Posted by kemintiri

Ok, first off Thank you!!!! I'm on a creative high right now... *g*
2nd: OMG!!!! This is the chainmail thing I was thinking of!!! I'm so totally making this!

while you're at it, will you make one for me?

Originally Posted by shems

while you're at it, will you make one for me?

sure... as long as you don't mind waiting three years for me to complete mine as a trial run (this is a rough average based on how long I've been working on my ^%$#$ green velvet bedlah. *sigh*)

Originally Posted by tink

Thank-you to all posting these photos. They are delicious, shocking, beautiful...not enough words.

Good words, Tink!!

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/..._300x559,0.jpg

Originally Posted by shems

LOL! This is my teacher Princess Madiha of Syria!!! Wherever did you find this photo?

Absolutely amazing - Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

Originally Posted by Amber_moon

LOL! This is my teacher Princess Madiha of Syria!!! Wherever did you find this photo?

I think somebody posted it on Tribe. Either the Belly Dance Legacy or Vintage Belly Dance tribe.

not exactly vintage, but gorgeous and vintagesque:

Just chiming in to say that i love these pics - somehow i managed to see a few similar ones (maybe in old movies) when i was a child and always dreamed i'd get the chance to try one on...