Marc Jacobs Spring 2010

How does Marc Jacobs continue to come up with such great styles season after season? I have been taking belly dance lessons for several months now and I love the costumes. I was interested to see that Marc Jacobs is using belly dance costumes for inspiration.

My beautiful dance teacher

Here is my belly dance teacher at a restaurant where she dances sometimes. She is looking lovely in a costume that she designed and made herself.

Oh my gosh! Love this exotic style!

Belly dancers really know how to get that exotic and mysterious look! I love these headpieces with matching jewelry from www.flyingskirts.com!

When I see styles like these, it makes me want to keep practicing my belly dancing so that I have an excuse to buy the clothes!

Belly dancing costumes are so glamorous!

Last night I received my first belly dance instructional DVD in the mail and I spent some time trying to imitate the dancers. Fairly quickly, I realized how out of shape I am and I felt totally awkward compared to the beautiful and graceful women in the video. Belly dancing is harder than it looks!

I am pleased with the DVD, which is the Bellydance superstars introduction to bellydance, that I purchased from dancingrahana.com. It seems reasonably easy for beginners to follow. I really enjoyed myself, but I was glad that no one else was watching yet!

I'm not sure if I'm ready yet to invest in a costume. I'm still looking at my options, and trying to decide which ones I might want to get and how much to spend. Simplicity patterns also has several good bellydance costume patterns that I might start with. These pictures are from http://store.egyptioan-princess.com.