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Mahmoud Dahi produces bejewelled dresses and separates which are popular across the world.             ...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              A designer in Egypt is cultivating an international clientele for his belly dancing costumes.\u003cbr/\u003e              Mahmoud Dahi produces bejewelled dresses and separates which are popular across the world.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Belly dancing: a world of glittering costumes, bare flesh and sensual moves.\u003cbr/\u003e              Being \"performance ready\" is more than just mastering a dance routine.\u003cbr/\u003e              The women need a suitably glamourous outfit to capture their audience's attention.\u003cbr/\u003e              And this is the man behind many of the designs seen on stages across the world. \u003cbr/\u003e              Mahmoud Dahi is a designer of belly dancers costumes, or \"suits\" as they are known in Egyptian Arabic, for international professional belly dancers. \u003cbr/\u003e              Dahi entered the profession by chance. A former jewellery designer, he left the field after a crash in gold prices nearly 15 years ago. \u003cbr/\u003e              Since then, he has found that the same skills translate easily into designing ornate belly dancing suits. \u003cbr/\u003e              He's seen the fashions change. And he takes pride in influencing what the next big trend will be.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We're the ones creating the fashion, the fashion doesn't create us,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"We design the suits based on our own ideas, we make the new models, and see how we can convince the foreigners that the fashions have changed, that we ourselves have changed the models.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Dahi says that 99 percent of his business is with people outside the country, as belly dancing has grown in popularity in the West. \u003cbr/\u003e              He's come across many foreigners who want to know where to find professional dance costumes. \u003cbr/\u003e              Belly dancing burst onto the world stage when a number of Western pop stars, such as Shakira, started incorporating the moves into their routines. \u003cbr/\u003e              Now, it's seen as a popular exercise trend and a separate school of dance in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. \u003cbr/\u003e              And different nationalities favour different types of costume design.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"A country like China, they don't like the slim, fitted suits because they're mostly thin,\" explains Dahi. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"A country like America, for example, most of the women are a bit more full-bodied so they prefer the stretch-lycra. A country like Egypt, they like the fashion suits, that have lace, designs, and all of that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              In Egypt, the government stipulates what kinds of dresses dancers can wear and even what their movements can involve. \u003cbr/\u003e              The rules are meant to prevent the shows from becoming too provocative. \u003cbr/\u003e              This includes stipulations that women wear shorts that clearly contrast with their skin tone underneath the skirt and that their stomach is covered, even if only by translucent mesh. The dancer is never permitted to lie down on the floor. But these laws seem to be open to interpretation by many performers. \u003cbr/\u003e              And as Dahi ships most of his costumes abroad, he's free to design skimpy costumes which show a lot of the woman's body.\u003cbr/\u003e              And he's not short of customers willing to buy the risque garments.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Cairo, Egypt - 17 October 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1.  Various of Egyptian belly dancer, stage name \"Sahar\", dancing on stage (please note: she is not wearing costumes made by the designer featured in this story)\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Cairo, Egypt - 27 February 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of belly dance suit designer Mahmoud Dahi working on a design in his studio\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Dahi and assistants putting a dress on a mannequin\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Low angle of mannequin\u003cbr/\u003e              5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Dahi, belly dancer suit designer:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"What's in fashion evolves, it has its phases. First we had the 'fashion' suit, then the silk suits, and then it went back to lycra, so things are evolving, and if you don't adapt to the times then you won't move forward. Even if you design, but you don't adapt to fashion and the times, it's as if you're standing still, you won't do anything new. But here in our field of work, we're the ones creating the fashion, the fashion doesn't create us. We design the suits based on our own ideas, we make the new models, and see how we can convince the foreigners that the fashions have changed, that we ourselves have changed the models.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of Dahi working on design\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Mid of Dahi holding up a cutout for the top of a suit\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Dahi, belly dancer suit designer:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The suit differs from country to country, from place to place. For example, a country like China, they don't like the slim, fitted suits because they're mostly thin, them and Japan and Korea. A country like America, for example, most of the women are a bit more full-bodied so they prefer the stretch-lycra. A country like Egypt, they like the fashion suits, that have lace, designs, and all of that. And of course, in the past period the Arab countries have a much increased demand for professional suits.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of costumes on mannequins\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Mid of Dahi and assistants adjusting a suit on a mannequin \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of suits laid out on floor\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Dahi, belly dancer suit designer: \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's not allowed for a dancer to perform to religious or patriotic songs, or wear a suit that resembles the Egyptian national flag, or all of that, that's all illegal according to the laws. And a dancer has to wear shorts underneath the suit, and she can't wear shorts that are the opposite of the suit's colour, and it's not possible for her to wear beige shorts, which is the same colour as the skin. The shorts have to be a different colour, not to blend in. She should be wearing netting over her stomach, so that her stomach is not clearly visible.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of bejewelled suit on mannequin\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Mid of Dahi and assistant dressing the mannequin\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Close of Dahi dressing the mannequin\u003cbr/\u003e              16. 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