Yay for regular and frequent bellydancing and you having fun and a good time with it! ♥ And those belts are awesome! I did a bit of bellydancing about 30 years ago, mainly inspired by a good friend who was in a performance ensemble and then started teaching, and was searching students. I only did half a year or so, but it's been awesome and I managed to un-tigthen the back of my legs as well as my pelvis which stuck and made me a kind of limber in my core I'm profiting from to this day. I'm totally floored by how cheap those belts are, and for how little you want to sell yours. Supply and demand, I suppose; but the one I got back then was second-hand and even then cost over 60 Euros. They were different in style, so perhaps that also affected the price - they didn't have coins but rows and rows of rocaille pearls hanging down in fringes - similar to this one but with shorter fringes. They were quite heavy, too. But no matter what I knew, I wouldn't think £15 to be a lot for such an item, especially not if it's made not by child labour or badly underpaid people somewhere, and with individual fabric. Back then I wanted to make a costume for myself and still have the fabric somewhere, as I never managed to get around to it. *ahem* Was suppopsed to consist of a bra with rocaille fringe and puffed Turkish trousers to fit my belt. The bra was a regular one with as wide straps and side-parts as you could get, then line it on the outside with some material so it would be more of an "outer garment" and less underwear, and then cover it with some shiny fabric, suiting appliqués and rocaille fringes.
All the best for the boat endeavour! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you might be met with the least amount of mishpas possible. ;op
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Date: 2024-02-13 10:59 pm (UTC)From:But no matter what I knew, I wouldn't think £15 to be a lot for such an item, especially not if it's made not by child labour or badly underpaid people somewhere, and with individual fabric.
Back then I wanted to make a costume for myself and still have the fabric somewhere, as I never managed to get around to it. *ahem* Was suppopsed to consist of a bra with rocaille fringe and puffed Turkish trousers to fit my belt. The bra was a regular one with as wide straps and side-parts as you could get, then line it on the outside with some material so it would be more of an "outer garment" and less underwear, and then cover it with some shiny fabric, suiting appliqués and rocaille fringes.
All the best for the boat endeavour! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you might be met with the least amount of mishpas possible. ;op