Where can I buy belly dancing costumes and accessories?
Sadly, there are very few shops catering specfically for belly dancers – shame! These are the ones that I am aware of: Forbidden Fruits Bazaar – Lutterworth, Leics; see www.forbiddenfruitsbazaar.com; The Shimmy Shop – Haverfordwest, S. Wales; see www.baubo.co.uk; Aladdin’s Cave – Ellesmere, Shopshire – 01691 624 380. There are some shops in London, like Torus and another in Carnaby Street, which sell stage clothes; some of which can be used as the basis of a costume, if you are good with a needle! Centrally, but more commonly around the suburbs, there are occasional middle-eastern art and craft shops, many of which sell the odd costume or hip-belt, but these are generally tourist rather than practitioner quality. Several teachers, myself included, do sell some costumes as well as many other accessories. My stock can be seen at workshops – see the page on this website- or at my studio in Chislehurst, Kent, by arrangement. My stock is mainly Egyptian and Turkish. A more detailed list of
