Practice skirt

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alexandrahweis

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I'm looking for a good practice skirt that won't brake the bank.
I'm 5'9 and a US size 12.
My standard/smooth performance dress will have a pleated silk skirt. Do I need a similar practice skirt?
What are some reliable websites to order from?
 
I'm don't know if you need practice skirt similar to your dress, there are probably better experts than I to answer that, but here are a few ideas.

I have one expensive long skirt from dance-america.com (which I actually got on sale, which doesn't happen often with them). Anyway, even if you paid full price for it, which would be at least $100, it is good quality, moves like a dream, and has held up well when washed, so it might be worth it if you can afford it.

My cheap long skirts actually came from ebay :) Not the crappy knock-off dancewear stuff, but Chico's travel knit! If you are persistent in your search, you can find long skirts with godets that are a great weight for dancing and have fullness to them. You may have to keep at it to find one that might work in the right size, but at $20-30, well worth the time.
 
ebay has them. On that note, I need to find some of those nylon "citi-knit" style black dress pants as mine are old and starting to show it.
 
There are some good practice skirts on stardanceshop.com. Also keep looking at regular stores. Last summer, I found a long skirt that's perfect to use as a practice skirt at Dress Barn for $40.00
 
jalie.com has some nice patterns that would work for practicewear. I've never used them personally, but one of the ladies in the costume shop I worked in highly recommended them.
 
Good to know! I've been looking at a couple of Jalie patterns that look like they'd be great for practice wear, but haven't gotten around to buying them or making anything yet.
 
alexandrahweis said:
does anyone know where to get patterns to make ballroom practice wear?
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You can also google "gored skirt pattern" and/or "circle skirt pattern" and find loads of how-to tutorials to draft your own. It takes a little creativity to get the look of some of the fancier skirts, but it was a fun learning process for me.
 
Got a Dance American skirt for my birthday. Huge difference in the flow of a real dance skirt vs the $4 skirt I got at a thrift store. So excited. Just need to find a shirt to wear with it. I'm switching the order of things. Before, my shirt was red and my skirt was black. Now, my skirt is red so I need to find a black shirt!
 
I have an outfit from Dance America and love it. Such nice material, right? Doesn't wrinkle when I stuff it in bags or anything.
 
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