Summer Practice Clothes

With the summer heat and humidity, we've been using these quick-dry fabrics for practice clothes.  Normally we are literally swimming in each other's sweat.  It feels like we just took a shower.  Our standard hold is slipping off of each other from the sweat!

Instead, we've been trying these new shirts and clothes with quick-dry fabrics.  They're great for keeping you dry and cool since they are light weight. You can also wash them and air dry overnight(usually within a few hours in humid conditions!). They look casual enough to dance in, and move well. Currently I have two of them to cycle through, but planning to get more. Mountain Hardwear has some nice looking shirts for men and women.  You can get them at Amazon

for men:








For women:



We've yet to try pants and skirts.

Update on LED Dress

Another update on the LED Dress. It's designed by Swarovski, and the outter white dress is filled with crystals.

There's a video here(Reuters).

More Glowing dresses

Sorry folks for the lack of update. We got back last friday, and I'm still catching up on work and stuff.

Anyhow, here's another article about glowing clothes. This time, it's an LED dress which you can wear under another shear fabric. I'm fascinated by the use of glowing clothes in competition wear because I think it's eventually going to happen. People in arts and in ballroom dancing are always looking to integrate technology, so the question is how will glowing clothing be done and not make it look tacky?

Anyways, here's the link.

Glowing costumes

I always wondered how USA dance/USABDA feels about glowing costumes

Burn the floor had blinking ballgowns too. There's nothing the rules which says they are not allowed. Anyone want to comment?