sarahw Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Pictures How is the sizing on them? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Dd says they come up small. She normally wears age 13 clothes or ladies size 6/8 but needed a 10-12 in these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I also used to 'spill' the blood sometimes on removal. Tricky when out and about. I always wondered about that ... I was just thinking of posting about them earlier today oddly enough. Diary Dolls. Expensive but good. Designed by Annabel Croft who had similar issues when playing tennis in short white skirts. I never knew that before. I always wondered how they coped (barring Serena Williams ignoring the "all-white" rule at Wimbledon and wearing fuchsia shorts underneath her dress) - I think I was aware that a few "accidents" had occurred over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_rose Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 DD wears size 6 clothes and the 6-8 diary doll knickers fit her x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) Pffft, got momentarily excited but then on the Diary Doll website they want to charge £10 postage to send two pairs to NZ – and John Lewis international delivery STARTS at £25! Might have to enlist a friend in the UK. You have no idea how ripped off we get – just got two leotards from Planet Dance and postage was £14.95!!!! It was only worth it because the exchange rate is good (and I found a Wear Moi leo I couldn't get on this side of the world). Edited May 22, 2015 by Cara in NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Cara in NZ, there's an Australian/NZ franchise of the same product, called appropriately Diary Doll Down Under: http://www.diarydolldownunder.com/ Product is also available in Debenhams. Why have I never heard of this product before? I've got three adolescent daughters and will be investigating. I remember the days of compulsory bottle green knickers for PE in all weathers at school, and most girls wore pads then, at least when they first started their periods, and it was quite obvious. Today's modern pads are much less bulky. I don't remember anyone being that bothered if the pads were noticeable. I suppose everyone was in the same boat then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I only heard about them about a month ago on mumsnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Why have I never heard of this product before? I've got three adolescent daughters and will be investigating. I remember the days of compulsory bottle green knickers for PE in all weathers at school, and most girls wore pads then, at least when they first started their periods, and it was quite obvious. Today's modern pads are much less bulky. Oh, they are. I remember the first ones my mum gave me must have been nearly an inch thick! Try disguising a pack of those at the till in Boots! And why have *I* never heard about these before?! Will have a look in Debenhams at the weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Pffft, got momentarily excited but then on the Diary Doll website they want to charge £10 postage to send two pairs to NZ – and John Lewis international delivery STARTS at £25! Might have to enlist a friend in the UK. You have no idea how ripped off we get – just got two leotards from Planet Dance and postage was £14.95!!!! It was only worth it because the exchange rate is good (and I found a Wear Moi leo I couldn't get on this side of the world). Nothing to do with puberty, but we also get ripped off when buying from the USA - Between them, Customs and the Post Office added £12 to the price of the beautiful Elevé leo dd had one Christmas. Postage from the USA was expensive in any case, but on top of that the Post Office have to pay import tax for you; you can't pay it directly to Customs & Excise - then the Post Office kindly charges about £8 for the blummin privilege! Grrrrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Tell me, Anna! A few years ago, I bought a silver pendant and matching earrings for our eldest dd for Christmas. They weren't cheap but they were even more expensive after Her Majesty's Custom and Excises had slapped another £25 import duty on them. I was not amused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wow, you do have it hard! In NZ there is no duty on items below £100 so that's helpful. But we have VAT (GST) on everything, so it's always good to find children's clothes from UK sites when the exchange rate is good. I have tried ordering from Discount Dance and Just for Kix in the US, and got to the checkout to find shipping costs are way more than the value of the order. Never get excited until you check the shipping!And thank you, Rowan, for the 'down under' website (chortle). I just checked it out, but they still charge £6 shipping to NZ, so that's a £20 pair of knickers... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 So frustrating, Cara! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straceydor Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I try and check the shipping first then don't get too disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Well, I went into my local branch of Debenhams yesterday, but couldn't spot any Diary Dolls. If there hadn't been such a queue at the tills, and the staff so busy, I might have enquired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Am I missing something? How do they differ from "normal" knickers? Edited to say.... Ignore me - I found the proper website details. So, I gather the only difference is that they have a waterproof panel. Not sure how that's much of an improvement over pads in regular pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 It's the fact that they can't be seen & they provide an extra layer as a fallback. Dd wears them under her leotard with tampons when a pad would be seen or slip about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 As an outsider in terms of dance training, I have often wondered whether students (at full time schools at least) receive advice on such matters as personal hygiene, regular washing of practice clothes, removal of pubic hair (and where to go have this done), feminine protection, jock straps, and dealing with erections while dancing. From what is being said above and has been recorded on other threads, it does rather seem that too many young people are left to search for their own solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 We somehow ended up talking about period problems yesterday in the pub when DS disclosed that when he was rehearsing Paquita PDD his partner started her period unexpectedly - only discovered when he bench lifted her and got (in his word) 'leaked on'......so he had a gory face and she was mortified. The mixed gender, mixed age group round the table concluded that of the 2 of them she'd had a far worse experience and I was rather proud that he seemed to take it in his stride and was quite relaxed about it (I imagine if he'd been at all horrified he wouldn't have told the story...). All the assorted teenagers present were definitiely in sympathy (rather than any kind of revulsion). Discussion then moved on to our collective anger at VAT on sanitary products and so on.... I was encouraged by all of the youngsters very open, pro feminist attitude.... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 How refreshing to hear of such a mature attitude, CeliB! All the boys at our dds senior school behaved very childishly about such things. Props to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 The boys in Dds class have behaved brilliantly I have to say. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I know of a dance school where the head teacher does a talk she calls 'Landscaping' when girls start to develop body hair. Euphemisms and taboos everywhere! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 As an outsider in terms of dance training, I have often wondered whether students (at full time schools at least) receive advice on such matters as personal hygiene, regular washing of practice clothes, removal of pubic hair (and where to go have this done), feminine protection, jock straps, and dealing with erections while dancing. From what is being said above and has been recorded on other threads, it does rather seem that too many young people are left to search for their own solutions. It's probably different depending on the school but when I was training we kind of just exchanged tips with each other. Regarding personal hygiene, everyone showered after class. We weren't told to, we just did it! Likewise, there was a washing room next to the dorms where we used to wash our practice clothes and it just became part of our day to go there and wash stuff. I don't remember hair removal ever being discussed among us, everyone just dealt with it. We didn't have a uniform but were not allowed to wear black leotards, however, almost all the girls used to wear black shorts over our leos and tights. It was more of a fashion than anything else but wearing tights, a leo, then the black shorts did mean that girls who didn't want to wear tampons could wear ultra-thin pads without them being noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loulabelle Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 How do the girls at ballet upper schools manage? In the pictures I've seen they don't wear shorts? Do they all use Tampons by that age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara in NZ Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I imagine that if a girl needs to use tampons, she will figure it out? If she was a competitive swimmer she'd have to!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aballetlife Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I think most people just use tampons as it's easier, however when I was younger I used to wear pads to ballet with just a leotard and tights and they weren't at all noticeable and I never had issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 How do the girls at ballet upper schools manage? In the pictures I've seen they don't wear shorts? Do they all use Tampons by that age? I only went to upper school and most of us wore shorts all the time but as I wrote, we were lucky that we didn't have a uniform. Costumes were sometimes more of a worry though! Most girls probably use tampons but even without shorts, the ulta-thin pads aren't visible under well-fitting underwear, tights and a leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetdancer Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I just found this old thread - sanpro has moved on since 2015! Does anybody have any views on dancing in period pants? They all look quite low cut so might not work under a leotard. But I was looking at these which come in a nude colour: https://www.shethinx.com/products/thinx-sport?variant=31133319069768 I'd be interested to hear of any experiences or recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlexyNexy Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 My DD is in vocational school and only wear pads. Lucky she has very, very light periods so during ballet she wears liners, then changes to normal pads (with wings). They are not allowed short but have black leos so she feels calmer in case of "incidents". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 My daughter wears Diary Dolls as an extra layer of protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 My Dd has stopped dancing but feels secure in Modibodi period knickers for yoga and Pilates. I would say if away at vocational school the logistics of laundering period knickers would be a nightmare. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Graceko Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I can’t believe how much has changed since 2015 either!!! There are nude seam-free period pants by modibodi. They just pop in a normal 40 degree wash (just can’t be tumble dried) so don’t think it would be a problem at vocational school. I use them myself and laundering is the same as for any other pants to be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SissonneDoublee Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The nude-coloured modibodi knickers are a reassuring backup when used with other sanpro, as it means DD doesn’t need to worry about leaks in class. To be fair, all washing goes through the boarding house wash anyway, and if a leak did happen she would still need to deal with it with a cold water rinse and into the wash, so this is less washing and less stress for her! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut68 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Well who knew???? And where have I been as far as keeping up to date on ‘girl issues???? Another example of how great this forum is for sharing knowledge & tips for dancing & life at large! Thanks for sharing info.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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