Dumb question

Dr Dance said:
The only "dumb question" is the one that is never asked.
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Experience has taught me that platitude is ... less than entirely true. :-)

As for the original (not dumb) question, fringed pants aren't particularly noteworthy in latin, ime. I've only seen a lady wearing pants in modern once (same-sex couples excepted). The lady in question wore a plain grey blouse and slacks. I found myself wondering if it was a matter of her having forgotten her costume, but the effect was actually quite striking.
 
Sometimes... here for example, in the adult lower levels, skirt or dress is specified for ladies in the costuming rules. For the more advanced levels, it just says "competition style dress" for both the ladies and gents, so you could interpret that a few different ways. I've seen pants for ladies in latin, but not often.
 
FancyFeet said:
Sometimes... here for example, in the adult lower levels, skirt or dress is specified for ladies in the costuming rules. For the more advanced levels, it just says "competition style dress" for both the ladies and gents, so you could interpret that a few different ways. I've seen pants for ladies in latin, but not often.
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And I've always seen fringe pants, not plain ones. Personally not a fan of the look but it's a valid choice (except on Yulia Zagoruychenko, who makes a lot of horrible costuming ideas look great).
 
Allie Spinder has worn jumpsuit type outfits in pro smooth, with really wide-legged pants. I don't love it, but it works and it's definitely different.

When you do see pants on women, they're more often in Latin than smooth/standard.
 
I've seen the fringe pants as well... But it has to have been a good ten years since I've seen them in a comp, and I'm not sure if that couple was serious to begin with. I personally don't like the look of fringe pants at all.

I've also seen a teacher wear a plain black pantsuit/romper with a student before and wasn't crazy on the look even if she did look great in it.
 
There's a very successful ladies c bronze silver student who has never worn anything but fring jumpsuits. She's very short and I think maybe it's to make her look longer? Or hide her knees and ankles? She won USDC bronze this year. To me it feels like you're hiding something. When your knee is showing, there's nowhere to hide in rhythm.
 
It may be she has terrible varicose veins or something similar about her legs that she is very self conscious about and the best way to hide it is fringe pants.
 
If I was a dictator I would pass a rule that requires all ladies in competition to wear a dress or skirt. The bottom line is that women dancing in dresses are sexy and eye candy is good to promote any event.

West Coast swing is an example of how bad things can get if rules aren't made and enforced. Just look at the ladies at the highest levels of competition and they are all wearing blue jeans that look like they were bought at Goodwill. Yech!

The Westie women are creating an image that the dance isn't sexy and that they don't take their dance seriously. It's ugly and very unprofessional.

Women should be proud and anxious to wear dresses because they they want to look beautiful. But, for those women that insist on looking like men, rules must be made to stop the hideous dressing in swing events. Hopefully other dance events don't devolve to this level.
 
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