{"id":9592,"date":"2023-01-31T15:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=9592"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T23:40:35","slug":"9592","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2023\/01\/9592\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/542191694\/style-file-a-visual-vocabulary-of-middle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2023\/01\/9592\/screen-shot-2023-01-31-at-11-46-49-am-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=576%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,577\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2023-01-31 at 11.46.49 AM copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=576%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9595 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?resize=576%2C577&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"577\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Belly Dance Costume<\/h1>\n<p>After more than 20 years, we&#8217;re going out of print with our little booklet Style File.\u00a0 This useful little publication was like a field guide to belly dance costuming. I wrote it with my students in mind.\u00a0 Imagine going to large belly dance events and wanting a handy reference guide to help understand the costumes and performances. This was that little book.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward 20 years.\u00a0 Times have changed, the terminology has shifted, and styles in costumes have come and gone.\u00a0 This book was starting to feel clunky and dated.\u00a0 We decided to pull the booklet off the market.\u00a0 Some of the content will shift over to the next version of Costuming from the Hip.\u00a0 Parts of this book will also come to live right here on my blog. If you need a digital copy, they will be available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/542191694\/style-file-a-visual-vocabulary-of-middle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for sale on Etsy through Midnight of Feb 1, 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It&#8217;s the end of an era, but it&#8217;s time.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Goodnight Style File, it&#8217;s been a blast!<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>~ Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2023\/01\/9592\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"9595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2023\/01\/9592\/screen-shot-2023-01-31-at-11-46-49-am-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=576%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,577\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2023-01-31 at 11.46.49 AM copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=576%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><p>Style File: A Visual Vocabulary of Middle Eastern Belly Dance Costume After more than 20 years, we&#8217;re going out of print with our little booklet Style File.\u00a0 This useful little publication was like a field guide to belly dance costuming. I wrote it with my students in mind.\u00a0 Imagine going to large belly dance events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9595,"comment_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9592","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\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-31-at-11.46.49-AM-copy.png?fit=576%2C577&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2YZtR-9592","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9592","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=9592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9596,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9592\/revisions\/9596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}