The most common thing dancers bring me is not a blank canvas — it is a costume that almost works. Bought online, inherited from a teammate, perfect two seasons ago. A costume that almost fits is worse than one that does not, because it distracts you exactly when you need to forget about it.
What I can do with a piece you already own
Through my dancewear alterations and fitting, I take in and let out, reshape bodices, reset straps, rebuild linings and rescue seams that have given up. Most "I'll never wear it again" costumes have one more life in them.
Fit is everything in dancewear
A stage costume has to do something street clothes never do: stay put through lifts, spins and dips while looking like it is barely there. I fit on the body and, where I can, watch the movement, because a costume that fits standing still can still betray you mid-turn.
From rescue to transformation
Sometimes an alteration turns into something bigger — new fringe and trims, fresh rhinestoning, or enough changes that we are halfway to a new custom piece. That is part of the fun.
If you have a costume on Long Island that almost works, bring it to me and let us make it truly yours.