CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Each time she paints a pregnant belly, Xiomara Babilonia approaches her naked canvas with care, its warm curves gently rolling beneath her brush like a placid ocean teeming with ...

Belly buttons: easily the most expendable part of the human body. 18-year-old artist Karim Boumjimar felt understandably indifferent about that part of his anatomy. But instead of just letting his ...

For Ansuya Rathor, there was no questioning whether belly dancing would be a part of her life. Her mother, Jenaeni Rathor, was a blonde, blue-eyed belly dancer in the 1960s and '70s — an anomaly that ...

Karen Bradford has danced in some form or another. Since age 16, Karen Bradford has danced in some form or another. But it wasn’t until college that she discovered belly dancing. After studying with a ...

Has fashion reached Peak Belly Button? Recently, we’ve witnessed the rise of crop tops for men, children, dolls, puppies and pregnant women, as well as super low-rise jeans and miniskirts from ...