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Permalink Reply by Laura "Baila" on November 6, 2009 at 9:38am

american apparel is pretty reasonable and often have sales

http://store.americanapparel.net/women-pants.html these are a little pricey, but with some contrasting kickers/fluffies would be awesome. And it is a good link to keep around cause they do have sweet sales.

Hoop clothes is have a GREAT sale on shiny these are only 40 blue sequin pair http://www.hoopclothes.com/isell3/product.php?id=345
She also has 3 other pairs on sale for forty, one of them is shiny silver (gold and pink too!) http://www.hoopclothes.com/isell3/product.php?id=303

If you are going belly baring, American apparel has some decently priced shiny bras http://store.americanapparel.net/women-bras.html

or if not you can wear a shiny body suit http://store.americanapparel.net/rsac303.html

any who. Just type in shiny in the search bar there and I am sure you will find what you are looking for. sorry for the link overload and goodluck!

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Permalink Reply by Amanda of Hip Flick Hoops* on November 6, 2009 at 10:04am

wow... I never thought to look at that site.. sweeet

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Permalink Reply by Paula Stambaugh on November 6, 2009 at 10:58am

Wow!! thanks for all the info and no link over load here. I have a pair of melodias and a pair of sassy pants and that is it.

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Permalink Reply by Eternal Voyageur on November 6, 2009 at 11:10am

For comfortable hooping pants, try searching Ebay for Salsa pants or Yoga pants. Like these:
http://cgi.ebay.de/Brand-New-Sexy-Cotton-Yoga-and-Belly-Dance-Pants...

Just search for "belly dance" and don't forget to search for international stuff, since most of it is from east Asia. It's also cheap.

Nice tops, I'd get one of them if I were performing.
http://cgi.ebay.de/Brand-New-Sexy-Belly-Dance-Costume-Beads-Bra-Top...

http://cgi.ebay.de/Brand-New-Sexy-Yoga-BELLY-DANCE-Bra-Top-V_W0QQit...

And for belly dance accessories ! Like these:
http://cgi.ebay.de/New-1Pair-30CM-Elastic-Sequin-Belly-Dance-Arm-Gl...





Also, DIY ideas:

No-sew pixie skirt tutorial:
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/no_sew_tutu_2

Maybe something with chainmail ?
http://www.outsapop.com/2009/10/chainmail-scarf.html

Paint and fray
http://store.derangeddesigns.com/nosewdiy.html

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