An experiment - the sexy look

Yesterday I returned from my bellydance summer vacation, which actually turned out to be a bellydance bootcamp. It was the Malema's Banat Summer Camp organized by Maria-Aya. The camp itselt will have a separate blog. While being in Greece I was inspired by the local girls to make a new experiment, about a woman's body and expressing it's sexuality and freedom.

In my eyes the many greek ladies are dressing in a sexy style, they give me the image of free, confident and bold women. In the streets of Crete I saw girl with mini-skirts and dresses, shorts (so short that even a bit of curves was shown;) loose t-shirts so that the bra can be seen and very high heels, lots of accessories and attractive manicure and pedicure.

So I remembered myself in 35°C in Cairo trying how it was to go around in a black fully covering Islamic dress. WHY NOT TRY THE SEXY LOOK? So I asked the girls (thank You sweet Bird Lady and Pocahontas) to dress me into their normal evening look, whatever they fancy. The only difference was, because I thought of the idea the last evening, I made my sexy-evening look experiment the next morning, in sunlight. But anyway, the girls told me, the look can be the same for morning, just without the heels and pink lipstick:)

How did I feel?
Well firstly it was totally out of my own comfort zone, way over my own conception of sexy. But this is me, the pretty girl, not used to showing much skin. Thats why I felt I was walking almost naked. But as I quickly learnt nobody cared, noone looked or stared or commented. It was a normal thing in this area. So I relaxed and started to enjoy myself.
Firstly, very practical thing is that my skin could breath, I felt the wind circling my body, because the blouse was so loose and I had only a bra, nothing else underneath. Also, my legs could breath, being exposed 98%;)

Secondly, the look the girls had chosen for me reminded me of the 90's fashion in the Baltic countries: short jeans, t-shirt that shows the belly, pink lipstick and our very white pale skin. That's why I kind of felt nostalgic and though I look more Eastern-European than ever before. But in the eyes of Greek I simply looked as a local girl.
Thirdly, above all I enjoyed the point of having a new image. Something out of my own normality, my own comfort zone. I was ripped out of the modest pretty look into a wild sexy look and I enjoyed the feeling that came with that change. You know the feeling when You make something new, like a hair-cut and feel fresh and new. Tha'ts my feeling. I did feel more free (especially after living 1 year in Egypt), liberated from my own normal style and more sexy in my eyes. As for the big, Greek picture, I was normal, nothing out of the ordinary.

I have now had the experience opposite to the niqab. From complete covering of the body to the almost complete showing of my body. Two extremes. I now feel and understand both and I think as long as a woman is comfortable in what she wears, this it the right thing. Personal space, sexuality and the concept of freedom is always individual, effected by our family traditions, friends and society around us, personal beliefs and experience in life. For me, I will be somewhere between these two, between the covered and naked and I will enjoy playing with these limits, cover up or show some skin for the fun and change of it.