Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Dance Costume

Brown, Dawn Devine; Brown, Barry

ISBN 10: 0967817056 / ISBN 13: 9780967817057

Published by Ibexa Press, 2002

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Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Dance Costume
• Publisher: Ibexa Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967817056
• ISBN 13: 9780967817057
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

Style File is a compact dictionary of the specialty terms associated with Middle Eastern dance costuming. This concise visual guide is an invaluable reference tool for dance students, teachers, and belly dance costume designers. Over fifty beautifully illustrated original drawings are supported by easy to understand text that identifies the garments and accessories unique to our dance form. Covering high-glamour bedlah to earthy folkloric, tribal fusion to historical reproductions, each style is broken into its component parts. From assuit to zardozi, this handy book is a must for the reference library of Middle Eastern belly dancers who want to push past the basic cabaret costume.

About the Author

Dawn Devine Brown is an internationally-known costume historian and belly dancer living in California's Bay Area. She has been dancing for over fifteen years and has been designing historical costumes nearly all her life. She has degrees in both Art History and Fashion Design. Her other books include Costuming From the Hip, From Turban to Toe Ring, and Bedlah, Baubles, and Beads.