Sewing a galabeya for cane dance! Help!

[Miyu]

In lack of a galabeya in the right color for my next performance (a cane dance), I took a black tight dress and made splits on the sides and sewed on platic gold sequins/plates and it looks great.
The dress looks like a beledi style cause it got 3/4 arm. This is my first contact with a saidi style costume and my question is; where do you think I should put sequins more than on the splits? Would it look "genuine" to put it on the V-ring collar or/and on the sleeves? (I dont think Ive seen any galabeyas with sequins on those kinds of sleeves except for this one:

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The rehearsal is tomorrow and I would really love some advice on what looks right. Thanks!

 

[Marya]

You can pretty much decorate it however you want. This kind of Galabeya is for stage only and decoration is a personal decision. Bear in mind that decoration on the sleeves may catch on the cane.

Marya

 

[Mosaic]

Around the neck opening would be nice for sequins and the dresses I have do have pailettes around the edge of the sleeves. If you don't want pailettes on the sleeve just edge the edge of the sleeve with sparkly sequins.
~Mosaic
PS: the dress at the bellydance store shows the sequins/pailettes on neck & sleeves

Belly Dance Costumes | Belly Dance Store.com: gallery

 

[Miyu]

Mosaic: On long open sleeves its common, I know. But not on 3/4 sleeves from what Ive seen.

But yes, I was thinking about doing something little with the v-neck, just not sure what.

 

[Mosaic]

Oh sorry I forgot about the sleeve.

I have seen sequins around around the edge of straight sleeves which are short. Here is a pic of straight long sleeves with pailettes around the edge. I think that sequins around the edge of the sleeve would look quite pretty.
~Mosaic

Oh gosh I am a dope the pic of the dress you have in your post has pailettes around the sleeve edge, so you knew that already.