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Yes, I am staggered that someone could be so appallingly rude!
As a pro dancer I feel obliged to own top quality costumes because people seem to expect it (within our community and outside it), and I will admit to being an Eman addict. I will happily tell anyone who *asks* who designed a costume, but I don't go around saying to everyone - 'I'm so much better than you because I own all these lovely costumes!' I just feel fortunate that I can earn enough from my dancing to be able to afford them.
I find it very sad to learn that this sort of thing is a problem in some parts of the dance community. I guess the problem is that the offenders are by and large hugely competitive, but to a) repeat the kind of remark made to Kadife or b) sneer at a dancer because she cannot afford an Eman, Hannan etc, is equally bad.
Why shouldn't amateur dancers dress up in expensive, designer costumes? I just don't get that at all!
So how many Brits out there have encountered this problem?
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