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Hair Extensions - Guide with an extensive gallery of gothic punk creations and advice on materials and shops. UK based.
Omphalo-Stepses - Instructions on making belly dance costume items, plus a gallery of antique photos/dance art.
The Costume Goddess - Sells bellydance costume how-to book. Also includes costume and bellydance art galleries, tips and caricatures.
Dawn Devine Brown - Author, costumier, dancer and historian. Books, links to her articles, a quarterly e-zine on costuming and details of classes in Milpitas. Includes a glossary of belly dance and cultural terms.
Skakemyday: Costume Designing - Detailed insructions of coin bras, including correct fitting, safety, making and decorating plus belt instructions, types of coin available and suppliers.
Desert Dancers - How to Tie a Turban - How the tribe tie a basic turbans, with photographs, instructions, and the final decorated result.
Kyria's Closet - Gothic and bellydance clothes. Descriptions and patterns, articles, links, tips, and Kyria's biography. [English/Dutch]
Easy Costuming Ideas - Costume construction including the Baladi chemise, belts, tops. skirts and bras, headpieces, pants and vests. Diagrams and instructions.
Making and Wearing a Mandil - Instructions on making and wearing a mandil, plus a circle skirt, hip belt, Khaleegy thobe and pantaloons.
Farfesha: Belly Dance Articles - Includes advice on tailoring a bought costume, making tassels, wrapping turbans, costume care, costume prices, zil elastic, collecting your dowry, and making a tribal skirt.
Shira: Costume Corner - Help and advice for a beginners, practice outfit, the classic look, and costuming a troupe. Book reviews, tips and tricks, and galleries including fabulous fuller figures, historical garb and making your own.
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