teachers: dancewear for international

[jaredv21]

Is it acceptable to wear a vest for Pro Am International Standard?
Thanks!

[DanceMentor]

What level are you going to be dancing?

[Laura]

Do you mean for teaching or for competing? If it's for teaching, of course it's acceptable. If it's for competing, I've seen it done by teachers who don't have a tail suit yet, dancing with Newcomer and Bronze level students.

If you're going to keep doing Pro/Am, though, you will need to get an outfit for Standard. Many Pros now wear "short jackets" rather than tail suits, but they're still made-to-order by dance wear tailors -- an off-the-rack jacket will not fit right for dancing.

[jaredv21]

We'll be dancing pre bronze.

I will eventually get a tail suit i just don't have a 1000 dollars to spare right now, lol.

[Laura]

You'll be okay, don't worry about it! In my first competition with one of my ex-teachers, he didn't have a tail suit and so wore a nice vest. We were dancing Intermediate Bronze.

The nice thing about the tail suit, though, is that one you've got it -- you've got it. You can wear that thing until it gets ratty. The ladies have to replace their dresses much more frequently -- they they run $2000 and up per dress!

[Chris Stratton]

I don't know, nothing screams 1990's like notched lapels...

[Angel HI]

Perhaps, I am a traditionalist. I like to think of myself as classy. Either way, I do not like the contemporary trend of dancewear becoming more and more casual. My recommendation would be to not worry about it in the pre-catagories, but move towards a tailcoat as swiftly as possible. There are many options that might help to make it an easier acquisition.

[Joe]

I don't know, nothing screams 1990's like notched lapels...
If they're good enough for Jonathan Wilkins and Victor Fung, they're good enough for me...