Do I have to show my belly thou? I don�??t now what to wear. Shouldn�??t I wear something that shows how my belly is moving so the instructor can correct me?

Thanks!

You want to wear something comfortable that doesn’t restrict your movement. You can show your belly if you want, but you don’t if you don’t want to.

Usually I wear jazz or yoga pants with a tank top or crop top and a hip sash.

Your instructor may have sources where you can purchase costume items and accessories. There are many reputable vendors of costumes and accessories for belly dance.

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A Quick Guide to the Best Belly Dance Costume and Apparel Sites for Full-Figured Dancers.

If you are a full-figured gal like me you know that finding belly dance apparel and crop tops in plus sizes can be tough.So here I have listed the (precious few) sites that offer belly dance tops for D cups and bigger.I have only included sites that I feel have reasonable, competitive pricing.

e.k. clothing is one of my favorite sources for belly dance practice cholis. They carry long-sleeved and short-sleeved tie-front cholis in three colors and in a full range of sizes, including plus sizes. They also have the lowest price I have found on the web for this style of choli. Recently I placed an order off their site late at night and then realized I had ordered the wrong size. I emailed them-hoping a human would read it and make the correction, and sure enough a human, (Nicole) emailed me back the next morning confirming the correct size and it was shipped that day!

Interestingly enough I found this site searching for latin dancewear, rather than belly dancewear. Many sites that sell latin dancewear have cholis and flamenco skirts that are perfect for the belly dancer- and from what I have seen the prices on these sites are much more reasonable.

L. Rose Designs will custom make your belly dance choli. They have a great selection of fabrics to choose from, and since its custom you’re almost assured a perfect fit. You choose fabric and sleeve length and pricing is about what you’d pay if you bought off the shelf!

Reflections of Dance is a general dancewear site but they have practice skirts and tops for belly dance, Flamenco, and folkloric dance-all of which works for belly dancers. They also have a plus size section that has tops, pants, and skirts.

Sharif Wear has a HUGE selection of awesome gypsy-style cholis that are great for tribal belly dance. They are pricier than most sites most around-$48. But they do have a clearance section. The thing I liked the most about this site is most of the cholis are shown on full-figured models.

Last but not least isMoondance. This site has a wide variety of belly dance tops and skirts in all sizes from kids to women’s plus sizes. They have every color and style imaginable. I also like that Mooddance uses plus-sized models. Good regular prices-outstanding prices on their sale items. This is a good site for stocking up on the basics.

For performance costumes you can’t do better than Turkish Emporium-no matter what your size. They have hand made cabaret style belly dance costumes for usually under $200! I have some of their costumes and believe me they are exquisitely made and they really do hold up! They carry bra-type cabaret tops in up to D-cup and they have other styles that go all the way to an E-cup.

If you know of some other good sites let us know by leaving comments!

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