Shop for Books On Costuming

Specifically for Belly Dancing

Cover	To Purchase From Amazon	Title	Author / Instructor	Shira's Rating	Comments
		Costuming from the Hip	Dawn Devine Brown	Read Shira's review.	How to make a belly dancing costume. Both basics for beginners and creative variations for experience dancers.
		From Turban to Toe Ring	Dawn Devine Brown	Read Shira's review.	Belly dance costuming for dancers who embrace some flavor of Tribal style.
		Embellished Bras: Basic Techniques	Dawn Devine Brown	Read Shira's review.	In-depth illustrated instructions on making a costume bra.
		Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Dance Costume	Dawn Devine Brown	Read Shira's review.	Overview of garment styles used in belly dance costuming.
		Bedlah, Baubles, and Beads	Dawn Devine Brown		How to make a beaded & sequinned bra / belt set for belly dance costuming.
		The Belly Dance Costume Book: All of the Lore, Lure, and Merriment of Making a Costume	Zarifa Aradoon	Read Shira's review.	1980's-era book from California on making belly dance costumes.
		Fun With Beads: Ancient Egypt	Janet Coles		Supplies and directions to make beaded jewelry in the style of ancient Egypt.

Historical and Ethnic Garb

Cover	To Purchase From Amazon	Title	Author / Instructor	Shira's Rating	Comments
	Hard Cover:   Paperback:	The Folkwear Book of Ethnic Clothing	Mary S. Parker	Read Shira's review.	This book provides ideas for textile artists in using modern-day materials to create clothing in the style of traditional ethnic garments.
		What People Wore	Douglas Gorsline	Read Shira's review.	Line drawings of historical clothing from Europe and the U.S.

Sewing Instruction

Cover	To Purchase From Amazon	Title	Author / Instructor	Shira's Rating	Comments
		Sewing for Plus Sizes	Barbara Deckert	Read Shira's review.	Alter costume patterns for yourself or fellow dancers.

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