Thread: FOUND, thanks - Where did Ranya Renee get this dress?

This is probably a long shot... but I'm in love with this dress (not to mention the performance) and I want one. Anyone know where it came from?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YG7i2WmK4]YouTube - Bellydancer Ranya Renee of NYC: Raks Beledi "Tahtil Shibbak[/ame]

I don't know exactly where Rania got hers, but that gallabeya-with-peeking-bra style was introduced by Eman Zaki roughly 5 years ago, I think. (maybe someone else was doing it before her? But she definitely popularized it).

Dahlal has some, (sparkling soiree, for instance) under Egyptian Dresses.

If you have the baladi dvd, she lists the designers of her costumes. I don't have it in front of me right now, but I had wondered the same thing and remember that the red dress was listed in the "credits."

Originally Posted by aziyade

If you have the baladi dvd, she lists the designers of her costumes. I don't have it in front of me right now, but I had wondered the same thing and remember that the red dress was listed in the "credits."

I DO have the DVD! Thank you! I never would have seen that!

<running to grab dvd>

BINGO!

"Red thobe baladi by Eman Zaki, Cairo"

Right on!

Eman calls this a Fifi Abdou style baladi dress; i think she made some for Fifi. Tell her I sent you! :-)

I was just watching the Beladi DVD last night, and the red costume is by far my favorite too!