by AmartiaBellydance | Feb 15, 2017 | Costuming/Fashion
We’ve all been there, you’re shimmying along and POP! The unimaginable has happened. Your bellydance costume bra strap has popped or your belt came undone, or a myriad of other costuming malfunctions. Now, it would be easy for me to say that if you’d...
by AmartiaBellydance | Nov 18, 2016 | Costuming/Fashion
Now that you’ve had a week to mull over the bellydance costume color theory from Part 1, I’m going to make it even more complicated! ( Once again, all photos are from http://www.tigercolor.com/.) So, now that you know all of your colors and you’ve...
by AmartiaBellydance | Nov 11, 2016 | Costuming/Fashion
I get this particular question quite a bit at my bellydance costume lectures. How do you figure out what color works best? How do you keep from choosing your favorite colors (Purple and Blue for me!) over and over again? The right color bellydance costume can make you...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Mar 30, 2016 | Costuming/Fashion
Along with my post on the LED prop trend, I have been keeping an eye out on dancers posts about them. The results were not favorable. Lots of dancers have complained about their wings not working in the middle of a set of dying after a few uses. Not everyone is super...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Jan 16, 2016 | Costuming/Fashion
You’ve all seen them, LED props. Wings, canes, veils, capes, and even costumes. Why not just use a prop, use one that can glow or light up! So, before we get into the opinion part of this post, let’s go into all the types: Wings: Veils: Fan Veils: Canes:...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Apr 6, 2014 | Costuming/Fashion
I know that it may be hard to think about spring right now, but it IS April. The weather in Baltimore hasn’t exactly screamed spring, but it is bound to warm up. So, what does the change in weather mean for belly dancers? Well, I can think of 5 things: No more winter...
