[kina]

Hi,

Since you're in Ma, I would highly recomend that you go to Shadia Tohme, who will custome design and create a costume that will be flattering, sturdy and comes with a lifetime guarantee. Not your lifetime, the costume's lifetime, so even if you sell it, the person would be able to go to her.

Shadia is a talented designer and very skilled at creating designs for top heavy dancers, reference Chantelle, Zemira, Aliza, dancers all local to you.

You can also pick her brains while she is designing for you so it become the type of learning experience that you are asking for. :-)