Shira: Costume Corner
- Help and advice for a beginners, practice outfit, the classic look, and costuming a troupe. Book reviews, tips and tricks, and galleries including fabulous fuller figures, historical garb and making your own.
- http://www.shira.net/costuming.htm

Farfesha: Belly Dance Articles
- Includes advice on tailoring a bought costume, making tassels, wrapping turbans, costume care, costume prices, zil elastic, collecting your dowry, and making a tribal skirt.
- http://www.farfesha.com/pages/belly-dance-articles.htm

Making and Wearing a Mandil
- Instructions on making and wearing a mandil, plus a circle skirt, hip belt, Khaleegy thobe and pantaloons.
- http://www.raqs.co.nz/howto.html

Easy Costuming Ideas
- Costume construction including the Baladi chemise, belts, tops. skirts and bras, headpieces, pants and vests. Diagrams and instructions.
- http://www.shanmonster.com/belly/costuming/

Desert Dancers - How to Tie a Turban
- How the tribe tie a basic turbans, with photographs, instructions, and the final decorated result.
- http://www.desertdancer.com/turban.html

Skakemyday: Costume Designing
- Detailed insructions of coin bras, including correct fitting, safety, making and decorating plus belt instructions, types of coin available and suppliers.
- http://www.shakemyday.com/s_costumes3.html

Dawn Devine Brown
- Author, costumier, dancer and historian. Books, links to her articles, a quarterly e-zine on costuming and details of classes in Milpitas. Includes a glossary of belly dance and cultural terms.
- http://www.davina.org

The Costume Goddess
- Sells bellydance costume how-to book. Also includes costume and bellydance art galleries, tips and caricatures.
- http://www.costumegoddess.com

Omphalo-Stepses
- Instructions on making belly dance costume items, plus a gallery of antique photos/dance art.
- http://www.shanmonster.com/belly/index.html

Hair Extensions
- Guide with an extensive gallery of gothic punk creations and advice on materials and shops. UK based.
- http://www.angrycaninelovestick.org/