My daughter took dance classes when she was a little girl & her 'basic' piece of her costume was a red swimsuit that all the other pieces were attached to....(tutu, can-can skirt, etc). A month before her dance recital we are hunting all over the place for her 'basic' & couldn't find it. We tore the place apart & it didn't show up anywhere. Luckily I was able to find an identical one on a sale rack in another city, so she could still perform in the recital. (We had to buy the basics about 6 months in advance in order to give us time to make all the add-ons.) Well 6 months AFTER her recital we found it stuck in the sleeve of her winter coat. Evidently she carried it home from class that way.....so don't give up looking. It has to be there somewhere. If we didn't do goofy things, we wouldn't be normal & life wouldn't be very interesting.