It depends on how accurate you want to be.
Skirts are not usually worn with a Ghawazee coat, but if you want to wear one, I would have my coat no longer then hip length, since that is closer to accurate costume, plus I think a long coat would drag the eye down and make you look bottom heavy.
Maybe also hold the skirt down and restrict movement.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say is it ok. Is this for a historically or culturally accurate event? Do you need refs. or documentation?
If it's your own fusion or interpretive piece clothing wise, I wouldn't worry to much.
Dancers do wear skirts, but like I mentioned, it would be with a fitted jacket style.

The only time I've every seen anyone where a skirt is when it's a fitted jacket not the whole coat. I've seen a more modern picture of some folklore dancers in a vest and skirt but they still had shawlar on. So I guess like everyone said it depends on what you are going for.

Reyhan--love her!! She won the overall contest for Oryantal Star that year.

Not sure who exactly your question is directed to--the overall group or a specific person, but I thought I'd post a reply. Everyone here is helpful so I know you'll get the whole story if I don't have it here.

I think the costume is beautiful, but to me it looks like it is more of a bellydance costume based off of a fantasy version of what a "Gypsy" might wear rather than an actual historically (or modern for that matter) accurate portrayal of native costuming. The skirt might fit and maybe even a scarf--though not necessarily one exactly like the one she's wearing, but the mid-drift baring top moves it away from true according to everything I've read. A blouse (gomlek), vest, salwar, a skirt and either a belt or sash depending on the area would be more of a traditional style--and like Rom pointed out below--more likely blue jeans these days for everyday wear.

I have not seen clips of other contestants from that same year of the show, but I can tell you that in clips that I've seen for 2006 and 2007--each week the contestants are given a different style of oriental dance to perform. They each have a separate piece of music, but the overall concept--Egyptian, Rom, Bulgarian, African, Bollywood, a certain prop to use, fuse oriental dance to a certain style of music etc. -- is the same for each dancer.

I have noticed that for each week's clips the costume was the same except for color and small variations that a dancer might make herself--jewelry, or how a skirt was tucked or a scarf was tied. I think that the show is probably choosing the style of costume and the perhaps the dancers get a choice of color. (At least that would be what I'd hope for--that yellow is stunning on Reyhan, but I'd look like I had jaundice if I tried to wear it.)

Here is a clip of Aysel performing a Romani style dance on Oryantal Star

www.youtube.com/watch

And this is Ozlem

www.youtube.com/watch

And this is Deniz

www.youtube.com/watch

And this is Pinar

www.youtube.com/watch

And Nilay

www.youtube.com/watch

And a short recap clip that supports my theory

www.youtube.com/watch

I believe that they were all competing the same year. And the costumes are for the most part the same style but different colors.
I'm not 100% certain because the dates are all over the place as to when these were posted on YouTube, but it would seem to be the 2006 competition.

If anyone is certain on those dates and who competed against whom, please post.

I have found clips for each of these girls in the other weeks styles--same thing costume alike except for coloring. I have yet to find a clip of Reyhan dancing another week or of anyone wearing the same style of costume that she has on. Artemis mentions in her article that Reyhan was the winner of the competition the first year it aired--2005 maybe?

ok, i guess i get that you want a historical look from another time period, because whats been discussed is certainly not what Rom in Turkey are wearing today. Yet they still dance amazingly! I love that they look so natural. most Rom women I see wear simple A frame skirt, and a baggy shirt. often a tee shirt.
young Rom in Istanbul, wear jeans and hip fashion.... I love contemporary Rom dance, its less the costume that makes it `look Rom`, and more the feeling... if you`ve got the feeling, you can wear anything.

I love what Artie is wearing in the 3rd picture. I could totally rock that. :)

In answer to the footies question, I saw the same *fabulous* performance. Reyhan wore bright red lace or fishnet socks. No shoes. She also wore gold dangly earings. I saw her perform last year as well and this year's "costume" was much more elaborate. For example, last year, she didn't wear a coin hip scarf.