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Christmas Gifts for Flamenco Dancers 28 Nov 2012 | 02:16 pm
Christmas Gifts for Flamenco Dancers What gifts can you buy for the flamenco dancer in your life? The most important thing to be aware of is that all dancers are fussy about what they wear to dance i...
How to Make Godets for a Flamenco Skirt 28 Jun 2011 | 01:54 pm
How to Make Godets for a Flamenco Skirt I have always found making godets to be a real headache. These two videos give a good explanation of how it's done, though I'm still not totally clear on how ...
Bata de Cola Pattern 26 Dec 2010 | 01:36 pm
Bata de Cola Pattern Because it's so hard to find a bata de cola dress ready-made, I'm often asked for help on how to make your own. Unfortunately, making a bata de cola dress is not for the faint-he...
Professional Flamenco Dresses 10 Dec 2010 | 11:54 am
Professional Flamenco Dresses As a student, the sensible place to buy your performance wardrobe is on the second-hand market or on eBay - unless you have the skills to sew your own. However there wil...
Flamenco Patterns for Skirt 5 Mar 2010 | 01:18 pm
Flamenco Patterns for Skirt Making your own flamenco skirt is tempting, but it's not that easy. The multiple panels and long hem mean you'll be sewing for hours! For practice and student recitals,...
How to make sleeves you can dance in 20 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
How to make sleeves you can dance in I've been lucky to have access to a specialist flamenco dressmaker for most of my flamenco outfits - but once or twice, I've had to resort to an ordinary dressmak...
How to choose fabric for a flamenco dress 29 Jan 2010 | 05:44 pm
How to choose fabric for a flamenco dress Flamenco skirts and dresses require a lot of material - allow 2 metres (2.5 yards) for a simple skirt and 3 or 4 metres for a dress. That much fabric is h...
Mexican Folklorica Shoes for Flamenco 29 Dec 2009 | 05:17 pm
Mexican Folklorica Shoes for Flamenco Thanks to the many Californians who've told me that Mexican Folklorico shoes are a good - and economical - substitute for flamenco shoes, for those on a budget. ...
Bargain Flamenco Dresses 8 Dec 2009 | 06:34 pm
Bargain Flamenco Dresses As we all know, flamenco dresses are horribly expensive. Of course, we offer some good value flamenco dresses here on Dress for Flamenco, but what if you don't like buying...
Adding Nails to Character Shoes for Flamenco 29 Nov 2009 | 04:44 pm
Adding Nails to Character Shoes for Flamenco I've had several enquiries about adding tacks to character shoes - including a couple from people who were sold character shoes as flamenco shoes, and did...
