what colour veil with a leopard dress?

rakkasah_barbara · 08-02-2007, 12:08 PM

What colour veil would you use wearing a leopard costume or dress? And would you have different colours if it were for a photoshoot or a gig? B

kiyaana · 08-02-2007, 12:10 PM

Red! Or maybe turquoise.

kina · 08-02-2007, 12:12 PM

depnds onthe effect youwant, if you want contrast, red or turquoise are good choices. if you want more subtlety, then gold or black works.

I'm doing the reverse, a leopard print veil with a chocolate brown costume :-)

elisagamal · 08-02-2007, 01:05 PM

shades of rust or burgundy are nice. also dark gold.

catwomyn · 08-02-2007, 01:12 PM

a dark shade of magenta or fuschia might work

jesennia · 08-02-2007, 01:21 PM

lol you can borrow one from Oka:
see hot guy thread in OT for Eshe and Jaded

these may work nice too depending on the colors in your costume..are they more golden or more copper?

http://www.akaisilks.com/images/bannerart/DSC04364.JPG

http://www.akaisilks.com/images/bannerart/DSC04548.JPG

http://www.akaisilks.com/images/bannerart/DSC02211.jpg

http://www.akaisilks.com/images/bann...DSC05649-1.JPG

lots of possibilities..in many cases a leopard costume can be treated as your gold costume so many color veils go with
:)
www.akaisilks.com

rakkasah_barbara · 08-02-2007, 01:26 PM

Thanks ladies for all your ideas!

Besides needing ideas for when combining for a gig I'll have a photoshoot soon and the best pics will appear in a magazine.

BTW Jess this is my leopard dress, I believe it's more golden

And I really love your veils but I live in Holland which makes it quite expansive for me to buy one of your beauties :-(

B

jesennia · 08-02-2007, 01:31 PM

holy mackerel that is a gorgeous costume...can i have your body? i'd kill for abs like that:)

i'm not doing much in the way of custom right now but for future reference, am using first class mail so its about 4 to 5 bucks to ship to Holland..

what magazine? how cool is that!

rakkasah_barbara · 08-02-2007, 01:52 PM

Oh that's só sweet!! But I really don't have fab abs my belly isn't even flat when I wake up in the morning and as soon as I eat my belly looks like I'm at least 3 months pregnant

The pic is just flattering as I was doing a breast move so my torso was stretched.

Is it only $4-$5 to ship to the Netherlands? Wow I didn't know that! In that case: I'll be eagerly waiting till you have new veils up

I've been interviewed and will do the photoshoot for a Dutch women magazine (ages 20-35). Their interviewing different women about their passion for their dance. It will feature ballroomdancing, street dance and me with bellydance.

B

08-02-2007, 01:55 PM

I use red.

zumarrad · 08-02-2007, 03:49 PM

Gold with that costume, or possibly brown if you wanted to reverse it. Personally I would go for a buff shade that was close to the pale colour of the leopard spot, but it might be hard to find.

shaynaz · 08-02-2007, 04:45 PM

i would also use red or burgandy. Actually I did when i had a leopard dress!

mish_mish · 08-02-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by catwomyn

a dark shade of magenta or fuschia might work

That's what I think,too.

Lauren_ · 08-02-2007, 11:32 PM

IMO, the costume color seems so neutral that you could use almost any veil you want!

For performance, I'd let the mood of the piece be my guide. For a dynamic feeling, I'd use red, fuschia, turquoise, green, or a fabulous Akai blend. If the mood of the piece was more sweeping/elegant, I'd go with a nude fleshtone veil, or a bronze. If the music was more lighthearted, I might go with a yellow (thinking of a gold to sunshine to butter yellow blend I recently sold on swap meet)

For the photoshoot...hmmmm. I'd say go with whatever color sets off your skin/eyes to their best effect. What colors do you feel flatter you? Because in the photos, I'd want the viewer to be thinking 'what a pretty girl' rather than 'what a pretty veil.'

Annie · 08-03-2007, 12:11 PM

As everyone's said, leopard is surprisingly versatile. The last time I wore leopard, I used a rich purple veil and put purple and yellow flowers in my hair.

tigerb · 08-03-2007, 02:17 PM

My vote goes to a royal purple!

bdaddiction · 08-04-2007, 04:35 AM

nice color choices, never throught of that. I like the royal purple idea as well, nice...

rakkasah_barbara · 08-17-2007, 08:14 PM

The photoshoot was tonight and I really want to thank you all for your input, however I decided not to wear my leopard dress but chose my pink costume. Here are the best 3 pics:

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reina · 08-17-2007, 10:28 PM

Those a beautiful pictures. For the record, I like hot pink or magenta with leopard.

Lauren_ · 08-17-2007, 10:45 PM

Your pics are GORGEOUS!!!

Hmmmm, that veil...is that an Akai ultralight? *covet covet*

mekyria · 08-18-2007, 12:40 AM

nice pictures! could you drop me a hint about the name of the magazine? I want to read the interview as soon as it's in the stores!

For veil, I'd say pink or fuchsia with leopard dress.

Bellydancingcaroline · 08-18-2007, 01:23 AM

It depends what you want out of the photoshoot. If you want your face etc. to be the focus, use a veil that blends with the dress (i.e. golds, browns etc.). If you want to look more theatrical - go for bright turquoise. With your colouring, I think it would look great - however, it would draw some attention away from dress & face.

kina · 08-18-2007, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rakkasah_barbara

The photoshoot was tonight and I really want to thank you all for your input, however I decided not to wear my leopard dress but chose my pink costume. Here are the best 3 pics: