I sold a costume this weekend, a fellow dancer who had attended my class bought the one I made out of a black sparkly one-sleeved dress. The fabric of the dress had copper and iridescent-colored glitter paint in a swirl pattern.

My additions to the dress, to make it into a dance costume, included long black fringe at the angled bottom hem, thumbprint-sized orange and yellow flat-backed jewels in strategic places along the top of the neckline, along the sides of the slit, and carefully placed on the hips, belly, and back.

I also added a layer of wide elastic stretch black sequins around the neckline, and a black sequin armband for the side missing a sleeve. It looked great with a black velvet shawl with black fringe wrapped around the hips.

Flamenco/flapper/disco. All I can say is she with her copper hair looked smokin.