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I bought this from Nashid but it's just too small for me so I am hoping this will find a new home quickly.
Here's the original info posted ( I copied this from Nashid's post):
Fabric & Design
The dress has a light/medium nude tone mesh top consisting of a bra, one long sleeve, tummy, and daring cut-away hip panel. The bra & skirt are embellished with a red & silver flower/vine/leaf motif with sequins and dangly beaded fringe. The skirt is a true red shiney metalskin lycra fabric (blue-red, not orange-red). The tummy & hip mesh also has large rhinestones fastened to it. The hip cut-away panel comes down to about mid-thigh on my curvy, petite 5'3" frame. You won't be wearin' underoos with this baby!
Total length armpit to floor:52" Shoulder to floor: 59"I'm 5'6" and it is plenty long
Bra
The top is an assymetrical design. There is one long sleeve, and one bra strap. The bra is built into the dress, the cups are a sturdy underwire & there is a strap that fastens in the back just like a regular bra. The mesh stuff zips up over it to conceal.
The bra is 35" underbust. Cups are 7.5" wide x 5.5" high. A/B. Maybe a really skinny ribbed C-cup...
Skirt see the pictures, I showed where I'm measuring for a reference point
Waist: 24" unstretched-34" stretched(true waist--this is a dress so I'm talking about the narrow part that is halfway btwn the underbust & the hips)
Hips: 32" unstretched-40" stretched (hips being the wides part on the dress)Hips will stretch more
Wear & Tear
Although I never wore it, this costume has been used. It is very well made. The beads & sequins are firmly intact & there is nothing shody about the garment's construction. It shows moderate signs of wear and tear. The liner of the bra is dingy & has clearly been danced in. The previous owner hemmed the bottom & I took it down. There are a few loose threads around the hem that can easily be trimmed off. The dress had a matching headband. The previous owner cut out a couple of the sequined leaf motifs to add onto the the dress (I can't tell where she put them, so she must have done a good job although I didn't look too closely). The cut up headband is included for whatever its worth.
This is a really cool dress and I wish it would work for me. I'm asking what I paid which is $280 including shipping within the U.S. Sale is final. PRICE REDUCED TO $265!!!!
I'll try to get some pics up later today.
Last edited by poohbear; 07-03-2009 at 11:13 PM.
Reason: price
It's primarily red and silver. The lighting in my house is horrible at night so I'll double check in the morning if there is pink or not and let you know.
Just double checked the colors in the sunlight and more awake eyes. LOL The body is red with the nude mesh. The trim is all silver with pink sequins. The beading onthe edges looks like a pinkish red to me. There are also large beads that make up a flower design that are white and pinkish/red with large crystal in the center.
There is beading along the hem so it could be hemmed if you don't mind losing that beading. I have a seamstress that hems beaded hems by folding it and stitching right above the beading and you can't even tell it was hemmed.
This is such a stunning dress! I wish, wish, WISH the bra would fit me, but alas, I am a D, and there is simply no way my girls would fit in there and stay put! It's already a naked dress, we don't need MORE nakedness! I loved it when Nashid was selling it, and I still love it. Someone buy this!
Laying flat from top of underarm on right to where the material begins it is apporx 24". From underarm left to where material begins it is approx 11". Unstretched underbust, all the way around, is approx 26.5"
Let me know if there is anything else you need : )
You are fast becoming the queen of dresses! This is a steal ..... sorry, just can't help the enabling, lol ..... but you seem to be a dancer who truly appreciates the beauty of Egyptian dresses, so I couldn't help myself .....
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You are fast becoming the queen of dresses! This is a steal ..... sorry, just can't help the enabling, lol ..... but you seem to be a dancer who truly appreciates the beauty of Egyptian dresses, so I couldn't help myself .....
So here's a bump, in hopes someone snatches up this hot tamale.
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