Petalviolet Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Again taking a massive punt with 5th position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-09-01-legwarmers.jpg Is this the one? Yes,that`s the one.!! Always wanted to have it on my bedroom wall but I never got round to buying it. I used to think [probably because of the flat ballet shoes] that it was a male dancer,but apparently it`s a female. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Hilarious Petalviolet when you analyse it the way you do, it sounds strange....Did you know you can often see dancers wearing shawls as skirts too....off to crochet some for our shop!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Just popped over to Pinterest and pinned that Harvey Edwards photo [apparently it`s called Leg Warmers],onto my Nostalgia for the 60`s,70`s and 80`s Board and also on to my Ballerinas Board. Magic.!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 OMG - Sasha Baron Cohen? You may not be a dance mum for much longer - she'll be put off for life! Then you'll miss us...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Well done petalviolet. That is indeed 5th position!! You'll be talking dance in no time and your dd will have all the gear. I won't be surprised if you treat yourself to some of those knitted shorts!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Harwel...shorts.....snort. Sarahw just try google image search and you'll see what I mean! Eek! Lisa...methinks ballet was doing shabby chic before shabby chic was even a thing xx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh yes, iswym. There is also a lovely pink knitted onesie (on a bloke with a fuzzed out dangly bit) and matching booties which could almost be mistaken for a sansha/bloch combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 ..I really hope I don't have a nightmare about Sacha Baron Cohen in a pink sansha onesie and Bloch booties with a fuzzed out anything possibly using a foot rolling pin for purposes it wasn't designed for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I have two large suitcases full of pretty leotards, skirts, shorts, ballet warm-ups etc but as soon as she left school dd refused to wear almost any of it. Her favourite outfit for company class was probably a cheap onsie from Asda! Otherwise its all just leggings/crop tops/general sports wear. Bloch booties are still popular though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Having read your comments I have decided not to google any of the aforementioned images.....Good night people and sweet dreams x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) you think the girls are bad.... my DS goes around in the MOST bizARRE collection of weird and wonderful clothing which a normal teenage boy would faint with horror to be seen in. T shirts with the arms ripped off, onesies which are so voluminous he looks like a clown (yes we do mock him), bloch booties in electric blue, strange headscarf arrangements, - yes the one leg warmer has also been seen. If I ever express surprise he just looks at me pityingly and says'm a dancer Mum, this is what we wear...' Edited May 29, 2015 by CeliB 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I love it! When I was a child my mum and I used to watch company class whenever a ballet company came to town. Festival ballet was my favourite (now ENB). I remember being mesmerised by the assortment of clothing at start of class which would gradually be peeled off as class continued. I'm sure that was my main motivation for becoming a dancer! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballettaxi Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Doubled over with laughter here at this thread and all the comments - best way to start a Friday in the office! DD has a wardrobe full of beautiful clothes however, as I'm sure most dancing mums will attest to, lives in the same ballet combinations most of the time. Her staple outfit is the Bloch all in one warmup (black of course!) with a combination of knitted fluffy warm up jumpers underneath. At less than 5' tall and the smallest in her classes they all refer to her as the baby as that's exactly what she looks like. We haven't bought the Bloch Booties - yet! - but there's always a plethora of legwarmers on various joints - including elbows and shoulders - to help warm them up before specific classes.?? I just don't even question it anymore - but her dad and brother find it hilarious!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I would love to have a conversation with other mums with DS's about dance belts!!! And the pro's and cons of the different makes. (we do have a on thread here about female problems) Perhaps by PM only? Last Christmas when DS was home I definitely surprised him with a pair of colourful leg warmers that had been specially made to order from FaB dance knitwear. They are expensive but his reaction was priceless. He does wears them and they keep him warm in Romania. Bloch booties have been worn for years, black all in one (Capezio) warm up used and various individual leg warmers. At company auditions he would take his scruffiest stuff so he would fit in and not look like a young person just graduating. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 ..what's a dance b... Oh never mind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy19 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I love this thread!!! ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 ha ha yes the dance belt issue. I am just glad I don't ever have to wear such a monstrously uncomfortable looking item. But then many women wear thongs (I shudder) so no different really. I remember seeing in the Guardian weekend fashions section YEARS ago an issue on cashmere which included..... wait for it...... a pair of cashmere knickers! with a price tag in the several hundreds of pounds. Wool knickers? are they joking? sounds positively medieval.... It put me off saturday guardian for years I was so appalled..... (for those who want to know about DBs wear moi seems to be the favoured brand- in black) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Speaking of uncomfortable. Discovered I'm slightly too fat for the trousers I want to wear to our JA audition this afternoon so strategy is button up only when entering floral street and when we emerge (to rapturous applause) at four...get to the end of street, turn into Covent Garden and let it all hang out. I really wish I was joking but I'm not. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Speaking of uncomfortable. Discovered I'm slightly too fat for the trousers I want to wear to our JA audition this afternoon so strategy is button up only when entering floral street and when we emerge (to rapturous applause) at four...get to the end of street, turn into Covent Garden and let it all hang out. I really wish I was joking but I'm not. Sansha onesie ? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Not with my trotters for legs :-( if only!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think the rolling pins are to roll over sore muscles to relieve tightness? But I am sure there are ladies in the know that can confirm! They are probably used for rolling under the soles of the feet to help relieve strain. In the film "A Bunny's Tale", the Gloria Steinem character is given the advice to roll a bottle under her feet after her first session, and I think Steinem mentions this in her book too, but it has been a very long time since I've read that (although a did see the film again a couple of years ago). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 The dance belts HAVE to be Wear Moi made in London and NOT Wear Moi made in Europe! There is a seam in the wrong place with the Europe ones. (I dare not say more) I can only find the London ones at Dancing Boutique as most other places have the ones made in Europe eg Dancing Direct. Or does anyone know otherwise? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 DS gets his (well, obviously I get them for him....) at porselli (https://dancewear.co.uk/products/details&prodid=767) he hasn't mentioned a seam anywhere unmentionable so can only assume these are ok?! re rollers- DS also uses a larger foam roller for rolling out muscles. its a right pain to fit in a suitcase (light, but very bulky....) though his most recent one is hollow so can be stuffed with socks, and other smalls such as....... dance belts! (It's all starting to come together ...) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thanks for the link. We (I) haven't had to order any for a year now and dread it if I can't get the same ones. It's the same picture on Dancing Boutique but it looks like there is a seam there (if you zoom in!). I have to email them before ordering and ask that they are totally smooth. DS also has a long rolling stick that he uses on his muscles and great for my shoulders. Easier to pack than a foam roller. Will ask him for a link. Plus he has a small soft half deflated/inflated pilates ball to exercise with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 These are supposed to be good ... https://www.thestick.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Sorry if I sound a bit dim but if you order online do they do returns for dance belts? 10 year old Ds needs one for his upcoming show, especially after wearing white as the Nutcracker and his dance teachers "quiet word"!???? Local dance shop is pretty usless tbh so it's either a trip to buy one or online! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 AFAIK dance belts are treated as underwear and they probably wouldn't accept a return, not that I've tried. Personally I prefer these https://dancewear.co.uk/products/details&prodid=3079 to the one mentioned by CeliB above. I used to have a Bal Togs one which gave support in all the right places and was extremely comfortable, but I don't know of any UK outlets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think I would too. But happily I'm not wearing it!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwel Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Oh yes Wear Moi seems to be the make of choice. Others we have tried are just 'all wrong'!! Wasn't aware of the UK v Europe difference though. We were having a conversation about ordering more of these the other day and I said to DS that he could go down to get them when dancing boutique comes to school. His response - 'no way, there's people around'!! So we teased him mercilessly about asking for items in a brown paper bag and my youngest son told him to whisper to the lady that he wanted a Yock Yak, so no one else would understand. Anyway, it seems I will have to send an email!!???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) That's it Ellie...the hybrid stick..https://www.thestick.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=HW-2300. Probably got off amazon.uk Here's the link for amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-Hybrid-Body-Massager/dp/B005MYGU6C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432910644&sr=8-1&keywords=hybrid+stick Buying dance belts - If you contact the company that you're ordering from and explain that you're trying for size and will be tried on over pants, they should/might let you then do that. Try ringing up Dancing Boutique as they have been helpful in the past. Also Just Ballet. I've had to return belts to Dancing Direct before as there was this dreaded seam and got my refund. (edited to add amazon link) Edited May 29, 2015 by Lottie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramascientist Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 OMG have been, along with DH, in hysterics reading this thread, just what you need at the end of a loooong week. Just off to order fluffy sancha warm up and boch booties from a amazon for DDs birthday next week! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Non DD wears the Bloch booties as slippers so you might be ordering your own pair, dramscientist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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