{"id":136,"date":"2009-05-05T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2009\/05\/bras-of-the-stars\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T05:57:00","slug":"bras-of-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2009\/05\/bras-of-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bras of the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Showgirls are Showgirls… Belly Dancers, Burlesque, Broadway, Vegas.. we all have one thing in common – we all LOVE to wear a hot and spicy embellished bra!<\/p>\n

This season on Dancing With the Stars, we’ve been treated to a host of incredibly sexy, complex and lovely dance bras. Here are just a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n

This first bra worn by Melissa Rycroft is cute-cute-cute. The bra has been worked into a cute little cropped top with a ruffled edge around the neckline and adorable cap sleeves. This style of top would look fantastic with a Mediterranean fusion costume. And isn’t that jeans-style belt treatment adorable?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Another fantastic ensemble is this light and fluffy two-piece ensemble worn by Edyta. Her bra is covered with rows of pleated fabric applied as a surface embellishment. This technique, used for centuries is known as ruching and is very popular in formal and ready-to-wear as well as dance costuming.<\/p>\n

This costume is so fantastic, had such great flow, I couldn’t help but imagine an entire troupe in this simple, yet elegant ensemble. The sleeve treatment is fantastic, and though Edyta doesn’t need them, they would cover a multitude of problems.<\/p>\n

The silk has such dramatic flow, fluffy and light. This patterned effect can be achieved with a spray-bottle of dye or fabric paint. Just be sure to use a light hand as you spritz your fabric and follow the directions of the product you choose to use.
(Check Dharma Trading<\/a>, they have a large selection and tons of information on dye, fabric and dying techniques.)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One inexpensive and easy to make style of bra is simply a “shimmy bra” covered with rows of rayon chainette fringe. This lovely ensemble features a parti-colored two-toned color scheme made with four rows of 2″ fringe. Here Jullianne wears one, beautifully exicuted, proving that simple can look fantastic!<\/p>\n

For dancers with petite bustlines, this style will add fullness when still and tons of movement as you dance. A simple row of sparkling trim can be achieved with rows of sequins, glass beads or a rich combination of beads and sequins together. To make a completely matching bra and belt, echo the same number of rows of fringe. Or, if you are feeling particularly flirty, you could make a straight skirt with a long slit, and apply rows of chainette all the way to the ankle.<\/p>\n

Alternately, a chainette belt will look fantastic with a classic chiffon skirt or over a slinky mermaid skirt<\/a>. You can find chainette fringe on the web. I buy mine from Lace & Trim<\/a> online, but chainette is available from most retail fabric stores.<\/p>\n

So if you are looking for inspiration visit the ABC website<\/a> to view photos and full-length episodes of the latest season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

Showgirls are Showgirls… Belly Dancers, Burlesque, Broadway, Vegas.. we all have one thing in common – we all LOVE to wear a hot and spicy embellished bra!This season on Dancing With the Stars, we’ve been treated to a host of incredibly sexy, complex and lovely dance bras. Here are just a few of my favorites.This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DancingWithTheStars-1.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-2c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}