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Originally Posted by SummerSahar
I'm so SICK of the word "authentic" being used in stuff like this. Explain to me how this is authentic! Glitter dot is "authentic?" Cheap tin coins are "authentic?" How in the WORLD would a beginner know what is "authentic" and what isn't? The word just gets abused so much, and I guess it irritates me because it totally skews and muddles the history of costuming.
*Yes, of COURSE there were Swarovski crystals on the first belly dancers' costumes. Of course sequins were a very important part of middle eastern history. Wars were started over the trading of spices, chiffon and lycra."
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Perhaps they don't mean authentic in a historical sense, but authentic in that it is truely what some belly dancers wear.