Flamenco Skirts

I want to share a positive experience of ordering flamenco dance skirts from Spain. As a result I saved both time and money, and within a month received the desired item. On 9 February this year I ordered dance skirts from the www.flamencista.com website, and on 10 March I received a notification from Latvian Post that I needed to collect a parcel.

The main advantages of the service:

• The Flamencista website does not sell ready-made skirts with fixed specified sizes - whose variations, judging by what other dance costume online shops offer, are quite limited - but instead sews them to individual measurements. When ordering, you can specify the waist and hip measurements and the skirt length. Moreover, upon receiving and trying on the skirts, I confirmed that they fitted perfectly.

• The palette of colours and fabric patterns is quite wide, so when ordering skirts it is possible to create your own colour combinations - for example, the skirt's base material in one colour and the ruffle or ruffles in another.

• I was informed by email about everything that was happening - the receipt of the order, the receipt of the payment transfer, the start of work, and the completion deadlines. I even received an email from a personal consultant, who confirmed that the order would be carried out to the highest standard and that I could contact him directly if any additional questions arose. In short - "I am here to help!"

• Payment can be made from a PayPal account or by credit card. I used the latter. The commission fee for payment by card was only LVL 1.

• When calculating the invoice, the website allowed you to select the destination country and immediately see the shipping costs to Latvia (these were EUR 19.95).

• The skirts require at least 6 m of thick wrinkle-resistant polyester fabric (price at least 5–7 LVL/m), not to mention the seamstress's services. Adding up all the costs of having the skirts sewn right here in Riga, I realised I had saved money, and most importantly, my time and energy in explaining to a seamstress what and how I needed.

Now all that's left is to dance. Olé! :)

P.S. Good news for all Latvian dancers! A Flamencista customer consultant got in touch with me and offered a 10% discount on every order in which you reference iinuu.lv and enter the discount code "INGLAT". Offer valid until the end of 2011!