Thread: What happened to the assuit venders on Ebay?

I have been eyeballing the assuit on Ebay for a long time now. There were a couple venders out of Egypt selling colored assuit for around $50.

Now that I finally have a red assuit dress and am looking for a red assuit head scarf these guys are no where to be found!

Maybe they are closed for Ramadan?
There is only one vender now - Shimmer shop with a small and more expensive selection.

Where are you all buying assuit scarves/shawls these days?

Assuit Dress black assuit shawl from Egypt - they are still selling assuit, about $50. And ShimmerShop is the only shop on ebay I've seen the newer assuit at since July, so I don't think it's just Ramadan. But ShimmerShop - the lady who runs it is really nice and lives local to me.

No clue.

I was going to email my contact and figure out what happened to his stuff.

Mina

Nice dress in that link, at a pretty low price. How's their level of quality?

I read something on tribe early this year that some major producers in Egypt ceased production activity.. and that assuit would get rarer.

Originally Posted by dinavienna

I read something on tribe early this year that some major producers in Egypt ceased production activity.. and that assuit would get rarer.

Wow. Serious bummer, guess I better buy a dress before they disappear entirely.

I see I'm not the only person who searched for assuit on eBay yesterday! I was wondering exactly the same thing.

I hope it's not the case that assuit is going out of production, but maybe I'd better hasten my plans to buy a dress just in case.

"Egyptian belly dance costumes, hip scarves, belly dance accessories, folkloric costumes, shoes, Isis wings,* belly dance music CDs, DVDs, videos, zills, swords, shamadan (candelabra), musical instrument. still carries assuit pieces.

That article said it would not be out of production, but it s a niche product for sure, and one major producer or distributor missing is feelable!

Originally Posted by dinavienna

I read something on tribe early this year that some major producers in Egypt ceased production activity.. and that assuit would get rarer.

NOooooooooo, well that may explain the shortage...

Originally Posted by sabrinabellydancer

"Egyptian belly dance costumes, hip scarves, belly dance accessories, folkloric costumes, shoes, Isis wings,* belly dance music CDs, DVDs, videos, zills, swords, shamadan (candelabra), musical instrument. still carries assuit pieces.

Thanks for the link. I need red and should have bought one a while ago, but didn't want to buy until I got the dress.

I'll have to brave dying a white piece!

Originally Posted by raniraqs

Assuit Dress black assuit shawl from Egypt - they are still selling assuit, about $50. And ShimmerShop is the only shop on ebay I've seen the newer assuit at since July, so I don't think it's just Ramadan. But ShimmerShop - the lady who runs it is really nice and lives local to me.

This could work. They have red.

I am just bummed because the other ebay venders (I totally forgot their names) had little head scarfs that would have been perfect. I can work with a longer piece though, just need to cut it...yikes


Thank you ladies for your help