I have a royal blue Abla that is truly vintage, with a straight hip belt that has very thick, straight glass beaded fringe that goes to the KNEE! When do you ever see that anymore? I bought it from my teacher gently used in 1994, so I don't know what year it was made. Unfortunately I beat the heck out of it wearing it constantly for the first few years I was restaurant dancing, but I do enjoy just looking at it now
I've been thinking about selling the original skirt and cape (yes, CAPE) for years because I never wear them. The skirt is sort of a Spanish style with a big ruffle around the bottom and sequinned/beaded designs, and the cape is a large half circle with arm slits and goes to the floor. It's that early '90s Egyptian style where you can enter flourishing the cape like a veil, and then drop it partway through. I actually just laid it out yesterday to take pictures, because I'm putting it on the market.....