Dance costume stuff

[badseed1980]

So, my choli and my harem pants arrived last night. The pants are fine. Could be shorter, but it's not like I'm gonna trip over them. You just won't see much of my feet. The choli...

The choli's gorgeous, and fits me beautifully. But there's no way in hell I can wear a bra under it without making serious alterations that I'm not good enough to make, and that's even assuming I can find material that matches. Fortunately, the very nice designer said I can return it for a refund. Whew. But I still need a choli. I've been recommended to a designer who's very very good, but none of the fabrics on her web page are really close to what I need, colourwise. I also managed to find a cheap choli-bra thing in a colour to match the hip scarf I ordered. It's the copper one here:



I'm not sure, though, whether it's better to order that or to call the good designer and ask her what she might be able to do for me. Maybe I'll ask her first, then if she can't get matching fabric in a reasonable time, I'll order that one. I'm just afraid of ordering something from this designer, having it get here, finding it doesn't come close to matching, and being screwed for getting something else that WILL in time for the show, and having spent a lot of money on something I probably couldn't return. Grr.

Comments

Choli alterations

[dee-cee.livejournal.com]

What needs to be done? Sewing cups in, stuff like that?

Re: Choli alterations

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

More like, it needs a back. Instead of ribbons.

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Do you want me to take a look and see what might be able to be done?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but honestly, I'd rather return it and get my money back than spend time and money trying to make it work. I think I'll probably end up just ordering the one from the place I got my hip scarf. It definitely has good back coverage.

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Damn! There goes my sneaky "now I'll be able to figure out what the hell a choli is" plan.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Basically, for belly dance purposes, it's a cropped top that's fitted to the body. They're often stretchy. Really, it's the top you wear under a sari in India. Belly dance cholis often have a similar style.

[koeritsuka.livejournal.com]

Instead of a sacrifice, could you just take my soul? It's worth atleast a snickers bar on the blackmarket.

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