envy, greed, lust

[dancingleaf]

I could just cry....

Anyone else get the Dahlal email with the specially selected Hanan Costumes...at  $300!

(for non bellydancers... a nice costume runs from... $400 or 500 to sky's the limit but... $800-1000 is pretty typical.)

I just wrote the cheques for my two April workshops... *sigh*  I hope things are better by then.

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[philady.livejournal.com]

Ooooh I got that e-mail, too.

The designer is Hanan Mahmoud of Cairo. My teacher goes to her atelier when she travels to Egypt, and she comes back with such beautiful costumes!

http://www.queenhananmahmoud.jeeran.com/

I have owned two Hanans, an orange one and a pink one. I was really into her designs for a little while, but now not so much. I've since sold them both. <$300 for a brand new costume is a great price!

I've bought two custom order costumes from Dahlal. One took 6 months to arrive, the other took 3 months to arrive. Bhuz.com is where I get all my costumes nowadays. It used to be that you had to be online and stalking the Swap Meet boards 24/7, and be the first person to see a costume listing if you wanted to have any chance of buying. But now that the economy is in the crapper, it takes days, weeks, or even months for people to sell their costumes.

And people on Bhuz are cutting their prices so much. There was this amazing Madame Abla that someone was selling. Her starting price was $485, which was totally fair considering that Madame Abla's costumes are so ornate, and considering that she died last year so there won't be any more Ablas. But nobody bought this one until the seller lowered her price to $335. For an ABLA! So you can find some great deals. $300 can buy a lot more costume if you're willing to buy used.

[/costume nerd]

[dancingleaf.livejournal.com]

learn something new.

I don't know why I thought it was the other Hannan - thanks.

Yes I've been watching the prices fall on the Swap meet. Unbelievable -and me with no $$$$. I still look but... *sigh*