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Originally Posted by tahiradancer
Maybe the question should be less, what makes a costume vulgar, but what makes a costume classy? There are costumes which on the wrong bodies, doing a style of dance with is not compatible with that costume, are completely vulgar. But on the right body, with the right dance style. . .
The best example I can give you at the moment is my 3 panel AmCab skirts. At 30 lbs overweight, wearing them in the traditional style with wide leg slits, not pretty! Floor work with the slits wide open, not happening.
Now, get me down 25 of that 30 lbs, this will change. And for the most part, no one will have a problem with it.
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I agree with you except for the 25-30 pounds part. I'm not a tribal dancer, but I'll tell you, I've seen some gorgeous ladies out there with more than an extra 30 pounds and they don't look vulgar at all to me -- they are toned, fit and beautiful! And I bet you, if you're doing the moves right and project the right stuff, no one cares about those 25 pounds! (The slits, I see your point on that...) And I remember feeling very, very uncomfortable when a troupe performed tribal -- don't think there was an extra pound between them -- but I thought the costumes were ...well...not good.....it wasn't so much that they were revealing, but it was their movements that made the costumes unattractive.....