Turquoise – the color of 2010
Hello Gang! Whew – after an epic month of whirl-wind travel, it’s good to be back home. During my travels, I had a lot of time to read an epic quantity of fashion magazines, from London, Paris, Rome and right here…
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Top 10 Costuming Tips
Hello Gang, As 2009 draws to a close, I’m struck by all the top 10 lists that appear. It seems that everyone is doing year-end reviews of events that have happened throughout the year. So, it seems fitting that this…
Back at the Drawing Board – Period Impressions: Costumes of the Maghreb
New Book Coming Soon from Ibexa PressPeriod Impressions:Costumes of the MaghrebBy Dawn Devine ~ DavinaI’m back home after two weeks in sunny San Diego, California where I was hard at work as a staffer for Comic-Con and then off to…
Snippets and Clips – Belly Dance Books on Google Book Search
Hello Gang,As some of you know, I’ve been working on my latest book, Period Impressions: Costumes of the Maghreb 500ce – 1500ce – For Middle Eastern Belly Dancers and Musicians. As this book nears completion (I’m in the drawing phase…
The Virtual Costume Exhibition
I love museums… In fact, while I was in graduate school I worked in a museum studies program, and used my education to provide excuses to visit as many museums as I can. My main focus, of course, is costuming;…