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Salaam Rave (pronounced sah-lom)
thanks to for help with the pronunciation

My submission for the next round of : Do The Twist. The intent of this challenge was to combine two styles of fashion. My assignment was 80's and Arab fashion, two very difficult styles to combine, as 80's fashion was all about rave, workout gear, and spandex, arabic fashion being supple and breathable tunic/pant sets, and either the full coverage of everyday wear or the extravagant and revealing bellydance clothes. Pretty much opposite styles, but anyway.

So I did some research on the two and settled on the pants of the Shalwar Kameez, the Hajima shawl, and a cropped tunic, also from the Shalwar Kameez but indicative of the tie tops commonly worn in bellydance. Arabic clothing is often subtly patterned with large embroidered medallion motifs near the edges, so for the charcoal fabrics I chose a small repeating pattern that didn't detract from the high chroma and solidarity of the neon spandex.
The bra worn under the crop top and over the spandex shirt is relatively plain. Not much to say there.
The spandex is neon. One of the things I noticed about the 80's is that they have 3/4 length EVERYTHING. This length is acheived by scrunching up a full length shirt, pant, or legwarmer so that there are large column folds. I was out with a friend who was an avid dancer during the 80's and she showed me a few of the outfits she had kept. This is similar to one of them. They generally consisted of a crop top, with a mini skirt over leggings. I switched the leggings for leg warmers, the shirt, skirt, and leg warmers made of neon green spandex. One of the reasons I chose spandex for this outfit is not only that it was a popular material in the 80's but it almost takes on a fluorescent quality when dyed in neon and under blacklights, which would be frequent in a rave (common in the 80s)
The sneakers are dusky purple and orange tennis shoes.
Her hair is one of the chemical blonde mullet styles teased to the umpteenth, also seen commonly in the 80s. She has a spike bracelet, purple/pink plastic bracelet, orange slap bracelet, and multiple gelly bracelets to accent the piece. The Fishnets are dusky magenta.

I hope you all like this design. In terms of the background, i pride myself in finding a neon sign written in arabic. although I have no idea of what it says, Im still pretty psyched that I could throw that in there. Enjoy!

Description
Salaam Rave (pronounced sah-lom)
thanks to for help with the pronunciation

My submission for the next round of : Do The Twist. The intent of this challenge was to combine two styles of fashion. My assignment was 80's and Arab fashion, two very difficult styles to combine, as 80's fashion was all about rave, workout gear, and spandex, arabic fashion being supple and breathable tunic/pant sets, and either the full coverage of everyday wear or the extravagant and revealing bellydance clothes. Pretty much opposite styles, but anyway.

So I did some research on the two and settled on the pants of the Shalwar Kameez, the Hajima shawl, and a cropped tunic, also from the Shalwar Kameez but indicative of the tie tops commonly worn in bellydance. Arabic clothing is often subtly patterned with large embroidered medallion motifs near the edges, so for the charcoal fabrics I chose a small repeating pattern that didn't detract from the high chroma and solidarity of the neon spandex.
The bra worn under the crop top and over the spandex shirt is relatively plain. Not much to say there.
The spandex is neon. One of the things I noticed about the 80's is that they have 3/4 length EVERYTHING. This length is acheived by scrunching up a full length shirt, pant, or legwarmer so that there are large column folds. I was out with a friend who was an avid dancer during the 80's and she showed me a few of the outfits she had kept. This is similar to one of them. They generally consisted of a crop top, with a mini skirt over leggings. I switched the leggings for leg warmers, the shirt, skirt, and leg warmers made of neon green spandex. One of the reasons I chose spandex for this outfit is not only that it was a popular material in the 80's but it almost takes on a fluorescent quality when dyed in neon and under blacklights, which would be frequent in a rave (common in the 80s)
The sneakers are dusky purple and orange tennis shoes.
Her hair is one of the chemical blonde mullet styles teased to the umpteenth, also seen commonly in the 80s. She has a spike bracelet, purple/pink plastic bracelet, orange slap bracelet, and multiple gelly bracelets to accent the piece. The Fishnets are dusky magenta.

I hope you all like this design. In terms of the background, i pride myself in finding a neon sign written in arabic. although I have no idea of what it says, Im still pretty psyched that I could throw that in there. Enjoy!