Etsy Lounge - Good choices, well spotted

Yesterday I was fortunate to be featured on a great blog called "Etsy Lounge" with my flamenco dress photograph. The idea behind Etsy Lounge is that Etsy shop items are grouped into themes or showcases, yesterday's theme was flamenco and I was lucky enough to be included.

To create a feature on Etsy Lounge the editor spends hours searching thousands of items and will select a very small number for the showcase. This was the comment on the flamenco showcase

"Special Comment: Saturday morning when I searched for "Flamenco" inspired art on Etsy, I found just a few pieces that spoke to me, but I had to crawl through pages and pages and more pages of earrings. Though I did see several pairs that appealed to me which are included in today's assemblage, I'm just saying.... (I mean, if I were doing a business model, I might wonder if the earrings category on Etsy is just a tad saturated....?/)" Etsy Lounge is an interesting blog, it's features include Michael Jackson, street art, nature, metal and lots more. You can see the blog here etsylounge.blogspot.com/

Flamenco dancing

The flamenco season starts with a bang here in Andalucia and will continue over the summer. I'll take my little camera along with me whenever I go to an event, and take a few snaps for you.

These photographs are from last year. The top photograph is a performance of contemporary flamenco based on a Lorca poem. Notice the lightweight dresses.

The black and white images are of a more traditional dancer, they were taken at about 2am on a hot night. These traditional dresses weigh a ton and I'm always amazed at the stamina of these dancers.
This photograph is of a vintage dancing dress. I received an email from a someone who said she had a recurring dream, where she performed this amazing dance in this very dress. I like that!

The fiesta season begins

From now until September there will be a fiesta every weekend in my region of Spain. Fireworks, paella, music, singing, and of course flamenco dancing.

This is my first fiesta photo of the year. There will be many more to come.

More Flamenco Fashion

Continuing on the flamenco dress theme. This is what a flamenco dress should look like in action. Joyful dresses, beautifully modelled. Click the link to see more items from Dottyscloset.