Web Directory

» Costumes
   Covers various styles, including tribal. Advice and instructions for making headpieces, tops, skirts and pants, and belts, including tips such as secure beading, ways to tie belts, and layering.
   http://www.middleeasterndance.homestead.com/Costumes.html

» Dawn Devine Brown
   Author, costumier, dancer and historian. Books, links to articles, a quarterly e-zine on costuming and details of classes in Milpitas. Includes a glossary of belly dance and cultural terms.
   http://www.davina.org

» 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.
   http://www.farfesha.com/pages/belly-dance-articles.htm

» 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.
   http://www.shira.net/costuming.htm

» The Costume Goddess
   Sells bellydance costume how-to book. Also includes costume and bellydance art galleries, tips and caricatures.
   http://www.costumegoddess.com