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Hermeen

December 12, 2011

Hermeen – Unsung Golden Age Dancer I adore watching old videos of classic Egyptian dancers. The costuming is so inspirational, and it makes me want to hit the drawing board to create unique and retro designs. Recently, I decided to hunt down a relatively unknown, but extremely accomplished dancer, Hermeen. Information about her is quite [...]

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Getting a Grip – Rubber Tipped Pliers

November 8, 2011

Getting a Grip – Rubber Tipped Pliers Do you do beading? Have you tried to sew through the many layers of a stiff built or a heavily padded bra, only to have your needle get stuck somewhere on it’s slide from one side to the other? Even if you push really hard with your thimble, [...]

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Costumer’s Notes October Newsletter – Sent!

November 1, 2011

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who helped me with getting my Costumer’s Notes Monthly Newsletter into production. Today it went out, with a coupon link to download a free coloring book! We will be sending out this newsletter throughout the entire month of November. If you haven’t signed up for [...]

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Costumer’s Notes – Spring ’09

September 2, 2011

Costumer’s Notes – Spring ’09 - Print Edition in .pdf format Costumer’s Notes, Spring 2009 Print Edition Back in the spring of ’09, right before Rakkasah West, I revisited the notion of publishing a printed ‘zine again. I was transitioning from the old eZine format of Costumer’s Notes into a blog. I was excited [...]

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Costuming Pattern Lines

August 7, 2011

Hello Gang, I’ve been working on a an article and pouring through old photos. In my world, photos can represent a moment in time or serve as documentation for a project. Today, however, while looking for something very specific, I surfed past this photo on my harddrive. It made me think back to the days [...]

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Cairo Trend Report by Princess Farhana

August 4, 2011

Hello Gang, I love to read everything that Princess Farhana of Hollywood writes. She’s witty, has a point of view and is willing to share it. She’s also a FANTASTIC performer and I highly recommend her! (As you can tell, there is absolutely total bias going on here – but I have nothing to [...]