1001 Nightmares - The Worst of Bellydance
The costume for a belly dancer should be exotic. It should enrapture the viewer and frame the dancer as a work of art. It shouldn't make you go "WTFbananas?!?" This blog showcases the costumes that make us all ask "What on earth were they thinking?!"
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
o/~Dun dun dun dun dun dun, Wonder Woman! o/~
Does anybody remember "the Mighty Isis", from that old Shazam!/Mighty Isis Adventure Hour show in the '70s? I loved Isis, I thought she was awesome. I loved Wonder Woman too. Lynda Carter was the best. I'll shamefacedly admit to liking She-Ra, Princess of Power, too. Man, I'm really showing my age, here, aren't I?
I wonder why I'm thinking of super-heroines...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
When the Quilting 101 and Bellydance 101 classes collide
Some of these items are from a company with a physical retail store. They get a huge volume of products in and quite a lot of it is really gorgeous. Most of the gorgeous stuff is out the door before it ever has a chance to hit their website, so already the stuff that hits the website is on its way towards the bargain bin. What's on the website is perhaps 10 - 20% of the store's total inventory; of the website's offerings, perhaps 10% is fugly, so the company is actually batting a very good fug to fab ratio.... I just happen to pick on the fug.
But really, they do have a lot of really nice items. Like this blue skirt, for example. Isn't it a nice skirt? I think its a nice skirt. Not my colour, but a very pretty skirt. Most of their inventory is quite nice like this blue skirt, so really, your chances of finding something that looks like Jeremy got creative with Granny's old green patchwork quilt are really quite slim.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
"So yeah, Jeremy learned to sew over the summer and now he thinks he can design costumes."
"Oh that must be nice! What a great outlet for his creativity!"
"I suppose. His latest number sure took some creativity. He ran out of fabric so it only has one sleeve. He says its the 'assymetrical look' but I'm not buying it."
"Oh dear. But it must be nice fabric, surely?"
"Remember Aunt Genevieve's old chesterfield?"
"Oh.. oh dear. He used fabric that looks like that gaudy old thing?"
"Not quite. You know how big he is on recycling..."
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Strung up
"Okay, so somebody put one of those plastic net bags that onions come in on their body and is pretending it's a dance costume? o.o"
Man, Emby must be really masochistic. She wants to see this fug up so badly, she edited it for me and emailed it complete with snark! *LOL* I love it when people do my work for me ^_____^
What kills me is the little crochet rose placed right there. I'm not sure how that's supposed to hide anything. Perhaps there's a piece of Velcro on the back, so you can attach it to your pubes?
This is another beauty unearthed by Amulya. Thank you, Amulya... i think.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
You Deserve A Break Today.. from fug.
Dancer Amulya once had a page of bellydance costume horror. That site is gone, but its spirit lives on - as does its owner, who continues to unearth the most nasal-cola inducing costumery. This is one of her findings. Thank you, Amulya... i guess...
I'm sorry, but the only thing that comes to mind (once I stop laughing long enough to think of anything) is Stephen King's nickname for McDonald's, "The Golden Tits of America" -- and then I laugh even harder. Then I picture the dancer wearing fire-engine red game-show-host hair and it's all downhill from there...