This is a very poorly made, cheap hip scarf.  Its thin and will fall apart pretty easily. But I bought one in WHITE to wrap around the top of thin Indian cotton long summer skirt to jazz it up- and actually for that type of rare use, it worked fine and added just a touch of shimmer.  So for about $10 I felt it was worth keeping. HOWEVER, this would never hold up as a dance hip scarf with lots of twisting and shimmying and such.  My recommendation: Buy another better made coin belt for exercise or dancing, if that's your use, and best to skip this one!  I'd recommend it only for very limited or for costume use (Halloween/child).