WOW, thank you so much for the suggestions, ladies! (And I'm glad I'm not the only one, Alaya!)
Mouse, I'm in Melbourne, but just about all of my purchases have been via ebay as well, as I don't have much time to hit the shops. The scarf I bought came from
this ebay seller - I don't know if it was a faulty one, or just sheer bad luck.
Where do you get your dance-stuff from?
Demelza, may I ask how much a scarf from Cairo would cost? (Do you have a website?) One of my classmates was describing a butterfly scarf and it sounds gorgeous!