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Red Hot Dancewear

lilah wild — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:34:00 +0000

The traditional performancewear of leotards and unitards, with billowing tribal jazz pants for bellydancers and some lightcatching choli tops, too.

River’s Edge Dancewear

lilah wild — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Performance costumes that offer lots of clubwear potential. Flowing dresses, super-ruffled flamenco skirts, shiny ice-skating minis, romantic tutus, bellydance midriff tops and hip sparkles, watercolor prints, quite a bit of velvet, and the accessories pages feature satin streamers and other fun things to dance with. The underthings present some interesting lingerie alternatives with items both for camouflage and flaunting – and for more casual moments, leggings, legwarmers, and palazzo pants.

Born to Dance

lilah wild — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:39:00 +0000

A Weymouth dance shop who have brought their catalog online: floaty little wrap skirts, pointe and ballroom shoes, jazz pants, sparkly boot covers, all kinds of themed costumes, dance bags, and tutus of course.

Class Act Tutu

lilah wild — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:59:00 +0000

This dancewear shop is all about classical ballet frill, but they’re quite aware many of their customers are coming to them out of pure fashion. They do both short bell and longer romantic styles, and encourage layering of their color range. Trim, appliques, and rhinestones can be added for even more sparkle, and with headpieces and matching puffed sleeves to finish off an ensemble.

Starstyled

lilah wild — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:37:00 +0000

This dancewear site has an absolutely scrumptious flamenco section with megafrilled skirts, patterned with polkadots and florals. Ballet is covered with tutus and pixie-skirted flowing dresses, lots here that could easily be incorporated into gothic and retro ensembles.

Wear Moi

lilah wild — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:30:00 +0000

Original dance fashions from the UK, with a good selection of frilly tutus, velvet leotards, jazz pants, chiffon salsa-cut skirts, ice skating dresses, and loads of things that are great to work out in.

Tutus Divine

lilah wild — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 02:42:00 +0000

Handmade tutus and ballet costumes, made from bridal fabrics and Austrian crystals. Rather than a set catalog of stock designs, there’s a gallery of samples to help you dream up your own design, and the pictures are helpfully enlarged to bring out the details in each piece. A nice variety of stage personae: Clara dolls, swirly fae, harlequin jesters, and of course the classic tulle-draped ballerina.

Tutu Etoile

lilah wild — Thu, 01 Nov 2001 22:37:00 +0000

Designed for dancers, and “to last many seasons,” this is the real deal if you want a tutu, from classic stiff ballet costumes to longer romantic styles, made to pro standards.

Discount Dance Supply

lilah wild — Wed, 05 Sep 2001 01:19:00 +0000

Tucked between gauzy wraps, Capezios and leotards, clothing suitable for streetwear. Funky pants and tops, legwarmers, shrugs and other comfy chic.

Dance Fashions Warehouse

lilah wild — Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:19:00 +0000

Shoes for pointe, ballet, jazz, tap, and ballroom. In addition to the standard leotards, tights, and legwarmers, they also carry some super-twirly flamenco skirts/dresses and floaty dancewear.

Action Dancewear

lilah wild — Wed, 15 Aug 2001 01:19:00 +0000

Dancewear basics: jazz pants, gored skirts, boy shorts, velvet clothes, and some gift items(of note is the T-shirt reading “If dance were any easier it would be called football”).