I've got this feeling I'd like to start wearing some more appropriate skating attire when I get my new skates. I know a lot of ladies here wear leggings to practice in, but I'm a larger lady (5ft 2 and 180lbs) and am thinking, if I do that, I need to cover my rather large behind with something a bit floaty and flattering!
So, what level were you when you started to wear things like leggings/tights and skirts etc? Or is there an alternative I'm missing? Last lesson, I skated in baggy tracksuit bottoms and they felt better.
As strange as it sounds, I want to have to think about my lines, the whole elegance thing doesn't come naturally, so I thought if I have to think about my arms/free leg etc it would!
BUT, I can't even go backwards yet, so do I need to improve a bit so I don't look like I've got "all the gear, no idea"?
I started wearing leggings the first time my blade got caught in my pants leg. For me, it was when I started backspins, but I've heard lots of people catching them stroking too. However, I think I was at least Freestyle 1 when I gave up track pants.
I don't have a leggings body- but really, they are the best thing for skating.
If you can't go backwards, I wouldn't recommend shelling out huge money for Chloe Noel skating specific leggings, but leggings are still a good idea. And although they are still expensive, UnderArmour Frosty Tights are excellent for skating, and double as nice long underwear to wear under your jeans when it is really cold out. (Also good for running, but I don't do that!)
(I only wear skirts for performances.)
I was afraid you'd say that!
I wasn't considering Chloe Noel to be honest, their stuff doesn't go up to my size, but I take your point it looks a bit weird if I can't go backwards. I do like the jackets though... :)
My rink is so quiet in the daytime I really shouldn't worry about what people think, but I do! Maybe I should take some thick leggings (and possibly a little skirt) with me next time I have a lesson and just see how I feel on the day. If I have a sudden burst of confidence I can change into them in the bathroom beforehand, if not, no harm done :)
I went from jeans to a thick pair of fleece leggings that I got at REI. I went into dresses at about a year and it's about all I ever skate in. I occasionally skate in runners tights, but not very often. And in reality, the difference between leggings and a skirt dress is that the skirt covers your rearend.
Just wanted to mention that if you decide to wear leggings, make sure they're designed for outerwear. There's a lot of 'leggings' out there that are really just heavy tights.
Old Navy leggings are $10 and go up to size XXL. I think they're a good buy for skating. They're not paper thin, and I find them warm enough most of the time. I do keep leg warmers on hand for the month or so that our rink is absolutely frigid, or you could also wear skating tights (I always get Mondor brand) under them.
If you really don't like leggings, both Old Navy and Target as well as more expensive brands like Under Armour make athletic pants that aren't terribly baggy. Yes, there's still a toepick risk, but it's not as bad as it would be if you had something baggy. I never ran into a toepick issue until I was landing flip jumps, and I like those pants enough to wear them anyway.
A cautionary note: I bought a pair of fleece-lined leggings at Target, and Under Armour makes some similar ones. Although they're much warmer, make sure the end of the legging can stretch over your skates. You won't be able to lace the skate over top of it, and both the Target Champion brand and UA have this tight piece of rubbery elastic around the bottom of the leg that makes it impossible to stretch the legging over your skate. The Target ones also have a zipper, so you can unzip and pull around your skate, but that lets in cold air. I would not recommend them for skating.
The nice thing about going with a brand that isn't exclusive to skating is that you can actually go to the stores and try the stuff on.
Quote from: Vicki7 on November 17, 2012, 03:13:33 PM
BUT, I can't even go backwards yet, so do I need to improve a bit so I don't look like I've got "all the gear, no idea"?
IMO your current skill level is not quite relevant when it comes to simple leggings + skirts. But if you show up in dresses of this caliber (http://www.luqmanmarzuki.com/files/images/article/m-1268068616-kim-yu-na-vancouver-winter-olympics.jpg) for practice, some may roll eyes. (I've always wondered how much do those really fancy costumes weigh... do they affect jumps and spins?)
Our rink's Christmas show adult number traditionally has long dresses for ladies, and I wore a long dress once for the rehearsal to make sure I could handle the length. Now I know for tests, shows, and show dress rehearsals I have no problem switching to dresses + tights and don't need adjustment periods.
I did wear skirt + legging "just" to practice a couple times for dance lessons, then slacked off and went back to pants. :P
I'm a second time beginner myself! :) I wear leggings already because I already have a bunch to wear with skirts or shorts. I would highly recommend American Apparel's winter tights. They are super thick, warmer than jeans, and the fabric is french terry inside. The sizes go up to XL, and I, at 155#, wear a medium, so I'm sure they'd fit you! I've been wearing them with a short skirt for skating, even though they're comfortable and opaque enough to wear as pants.
When I wear thinner leggings, I put legwarmers over them that will fit over the top of my skate.
Quote from: Skittl1321 on November 17, 2012, 03:50:26 PM
I started wearing leggings the first time my blade got caught in my pants leg. For me, it was when I started backspins, but I've heard lots of people catching them stroking too.
Seconded. For me, it was when I caught my blade doing forward and backward edges down a line. It was pretty soon after I started taking private lessons.
I've seen one adult skater wear a black skirt over black leggings, which is a nice alternative to a skirt with tights or leggings by themselves. It's a little warmer, and as ChristyRN says, it covers your rearend!
I think it's nice to skate in a skirt. I never tried it until I did a trial run of my test outfit for the first time. I was surprised to find that I liked skating in a skirt, though I don't know why I should have been--I enjoy wearing skirts and dresses in my off-ice life, and do so frequently. As it's gotten colder, I wear skirts to skate in less, though, opting instead for a double pair of leggings. I just bought a pair of fleece lined leggings today and I look forward to trotting those out on the ice!
It's always a good idea to let the skating lead the clothes, instead of the other way around, but there's nothing wrong with dressing in something that takes the realities of the sport into consideration. In the case of skating, those include safety, warmth, and should it please you, grace. Enjoy outfitting yourself for skating!
I started wearing Chloe Noel-like pants right from the beginning of taking group lessons. I didn't have any other pants that were stretchy and close fitting, so I bough them right from the start. I only recently bought a skirt and tights because I have a test coming up, and I've been wearing my skirt over the pants a few times just because I like the prettiness :p I haven't worn the tights because I think I'd freeze...
Most of the beginners where I skate wear Chloe Noel leggings (because I assume when they went to buy skates they just got the whole kit and caboodle). The beginners that have been around awhile seem to like wearing skirts.
I save skirts and dresses for competitions, tests, etc. I just like wearing leggings more.
My only issue with Chloe Noel pants for an adult beginner is they aren't really transferable to another activity if you decide you don't want to skate (due to the over skate flare). General leggings can later be worn to an aerobics class, or a million other things.
I go running in my Chloe's all the time, when I run immediately after skating. So they're a little bunchy around my ankles - I don't really care what people think I look like when I'm out running. Besides, I'm lazy enough to not want to change clothes again and make more laundry.
I started out wearing fleece pants--basically sweat pants, but with straight legs instead of cuffs--with athletic long johns underneath. It kept me warm and a lot of the coaches dressed similarly. Then I read about skaters catching their blades on their pants and I decided to switch to leggings. I'm in Adult 2, still learning the basics, but I'm happy layering skating tights with thick leggings and a skating skirt. I don't bother with expensive name brand gear. One pair of leggings is from Old Navy, cost me less than $10 on clearance. The other pair is Vera Wang's "solid leggings" from Kohls.com, around $18, plus shipping. Now, the leggings are pretty narrow at the ankles, especially the VW leggings. There's no way to pull them on over my skates, so I just smooth them down past my ankles and put my skates on over them. Never had a problem with that.
I am too self-conscious to show my booty when I'm wearing skin-tight leggings, so I always wear a skirt, too. The main one I use is from Target, it's just a junior's mini circle skirt, very cute. I wanted another option, so I bought some knit jersey and sewed a short circle skirt with a yoga fold-over waistband. Very simple to make and a lot cheaper than most skating skirts.
I've never worn just tights and a skirt. I get cold enough as it is! If I removed the leggings from the equation, I'd be too busy shivering to skate. I don't know what I'll do when it comes time for me to participate in a competition, higher-level test, or show. But for now, I'm satisfied with my leggings/tights/skirt combo.
Well I bought my figure skates today :love:
I have to admit, when I went on the ice with them, I already felt more graceful - much nicer than clumpy hockey skates lol! I think I'm going to see if I can pick up a cheap skirt and some leggings before my next lesson, not spend a ton of money and just try them out :)
I practice in yoga style pants most of the time. But when I'm working on test elements I usually wear a skirt and tights. I've been hesitant to buy the Chloe Noel style pants because I'm not comfortable with how my body looks in leggings.
Quote from: Clarice on November 18, 2012, 02:14:13 PM
I go running in my Chloe's all the time, when I run immediately after skating. So they're a little bunchy around my ankles - I don't really care what people think I look like when I'm out running. Besides, I'm lazy enough to not want to change clothes again and make more laundry.
For me ,it isnt an issue of how.they look, I'd trip on them if I wore them in tennis shoes.
I have several pairs of < $10 dance leggings that I bought online on clearance and 2 pairs of "Flowerdaze boot cut tights" which are like Chloe Noels but made for an adult, made extra long, if necessary, and more reasonably priced. :P (shameless plug for a friend of mine) I am not a small woman, either. :angel: I am an adult gold level FS skater and make sure I have leggings that come down over my laces working on double jumps.
I'm an LL Bean Perfect Fit girl. They have a straight legged pant, and a trim fit pant too that if you're not too advanced are just right. I don't know how they'd be for jumps or spins. Back when I was learnng and was concerned about snagging a toepick, I just used the wide elastic bands that hockey players use (don't know for what) and snugged the pants leg at the ankle down. Then I just stopped worrying about it.
I'm apparently not to the level where I get into pants leg issues, or I have fat ankles.
When I started out I wore a pair of stretchy jeans, those stopped working for me about a year ago. I bought a pair of yoga pants at JCPenney's and have been wearing them ever since. I haven't caught the skates but now you all are making me afraid! I do need to look for a new pair of pants though so I might look into leggings. I had worn a pair of running tights once and just felt terribly awkward.
I manage to catch my blades on whatever pants I am wearing... or leggings... or my OTB tights... not often, thankfully, but often enough!
So I definitely wear tighter clothing! Anything loose seems to end up with me on the ice, lol.
When I was a kid I wore mostly tights and skirts to skate in, which was the style at the time. 10+ years later as an adult I wanted to skip the skirt! Black leggings are snug but they make me feel more comfortable than nude tights and a short skirt, that's for sure.
When you get to forward crossovers, you'd want to avoid anything loose. I started wearing leggings (nothing fancy, just cheap dance leggings) soon after I started doing forward crossovers and found that my blade would touch my jeans. Besides, leggings stretch more, which is nice for moves you will soon learn. Now I prefer slim sweatpants, as they have pockets where I can put my stuff in (my rink is too warm for a jacket).
You might find a skating skirt or a ballet wrap skirt useful if you're not comfortable with the leggings look. Good luck on your wardrobe! :)
Since my rink is very cold, I prefer to skate in a pair of New Balance running pants with short zippers at the ankles over a pair of Underarmor leggings. I bought them at TJ Maxx on clearance and they work perfectly for me, since they're stretchy and warm.
Way back when, the local clubs required female skaters on club ice to wear skirts (Polar Sport was very big then) so when I left group lessons and joined the club, I had to switch. I was younger and skinny then so stuff was easier to find. It doesn't bother me now, although I practice in pants, to wear my competition dresses. My main concern is being warm and then that my dresses cover my undergarments.
Well I've got myself some nice thick, wooly leggings to start with, and a long jumper - going to see how I feel in those then maybe switch to long running trousers or something. I'd quite happily wear a dress when the time comes, but need to get used to being seen in form-fitting stuff in public lol!
I am a bit larger woman as well, and I wear the Se_ku pants. While I will wear a skirt when getting ready for a competition, I much prefer leggings as the tights/skirt combo get very cold and very wet if you fall. Generally, at my rink, it is the younger kids/beginners that consistently wear skirts, and the older/more advanced kids and adults wear pants except near competitions. A couple of the older ones just like skirts better and wear them more often, but they are by far the minority.
See this is where skating at a new rink is kind of annoying - there's no way to check what the "norm" is. I skate on public, so hopefully my new outfit doesn't look completely ridiculous. I might try it out if I go to the rink tomorrow.
I bet you will be fine, and you'll feel more like a 'skater', which always helps practice go better.
Quote from: Vicki7 on November 19, 2012, 11:38:12 AM
See this is where skating at a new rink is kind of annoying - there's no way to check what the "norm" is. I skate on public, so hopefully my new outfit doesn't look completely ridiculous. I might try it out if I go to the rink tomorrow.
Skating at a new rink is the best way to make the change. No one knows you, so no one is going to comment on what you're wearing. They'll just accept it, so you don't need to feel embarassed. I started wearing a skirt when I changed rink (and country). It was so much easier then to carry on when I came back to my home rink.
I mostly wear yoga pants from Target. Inexpensive and I've only caught and ripped one pair. They have 3 different styles of fittedness. I also really like the compression leggings from Old Navy. I have 2 pair of those. They have a zipper at the ankle and fit snuggly over the boot. I tried those running skorts that were popular for awhile with tights. Did not like that at all. I only wear dresses for testing or competition.
For practices I wear skating pants that go over the boots. However they get caught in the hooks of the boots and ripped easily. I'm looking into getting some tights now so I can have a change of clothes. It's funny though how whenever I go shopping, I start looking for something I can skate in.
Quote from: Icicle on November 19, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
For practices I wear skating pants that go over the boots. However they get caught in the hooks of the boots and ripped easily. I'm looking into getting some tights now so I can have a change of clothes. It's funny though how whenever I go shopping, I start looking for something I can skate in.
Oooohhhh!!! So that's why I have a hole at the bottom of the pant leg, where it goes over the boot! Duh, how did that not occur to me. :sweat I'm looking into getting some leggings now so I can have a change of clothes too!
Quote from: Icicle on November 19, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
For practices I wear skating pants that go over the boots. However they get caught in the hooks of the boots and ripped easily. I'm looking into getting some tights now so I can have a change of clothes. It's funny though how whenever I go shopping, I start looking for something I can skate in.
You mean the Chloe Noels rip on the hooks? Hmm.
Well, I did it!
I wore my nice, warm wooly leggings, over a pair of ordinary ones (wool is super itchy lol!) and a nice long sweater - and guess what? It felt so good! My coach even commented (I wasn't having a lesson but she was at the rink) and said that it's a good sign - shows I'm thinking like a skater and it shows I'm committed.
She also said, when the time comes, we can look at slightly longer skating skirts - I didn't realize there were different lengths! Overall, I'm super happy :) Roll on Thursday for my actual lesson :)
Quote from: Vicki7 on November 20, 2012, 12:50:00 PMShe also said, when the time comes, we can look at slightly longer skating skirts - I didn't realize there were different lengths! Overall, I'm super happy :) Roll on Thursday for my actual lesson :)
Skirts for free tend to be shorter so as not to get tangled up in them while jumping etc. Dance skirts tend to be longer (more like just above knee length) as there is less risk of getting tangled in them while competing.
Great job Vicki! Glad you worked up the nerve to wear them. Cool that your coach noticed too! Going out in public in leggings was a challenge for me.
I skate in the mall, and I actually feel more comfortable walking to target in a skating dress (with a jacket on) than leggings, because I figure anyone shopping just thinks I'm in a costume, where with the leggings I worry they think it is an actual outfit- and outside of exercise, I have no business in leggings!
Quote from: Skittl1321 on November 20, 2012, 01:44:02 PM
I skate in the mall, and I actually feel more comfortable walking to target in a skating dress (with a jacket on) than leggings, because I figure anyone shopping just thinks I'm in a costume, where with the leggings I worry they think it is an actual outfit- and outside of exercise, I have no business in leggings!
I used to skate in a mall and put my work pants on over the top of my skating dress as the skirt was a little short, before stopping for coffee. I had a strange woman come up to me and ask me if my 4 year old dressed me! I've never been so mortified before, and I don't know what possessed her to ask.
I'm a beginner and I usually wear fitted yoga pants. A couple weeks ago, I grabbed my black pants in the dark and threw them in my bag. When I got to the rink after work, I realized I'd grabbed my fleece riding pants instead. That said, once wearing them, I realized they were much more comfortable to wear than the yoga pants and super warm! But, I don't want to continue wearing my riding pants skating as I need them for riding in the winter (and they're not cheap to replace).
So, here starts the search for warm leggings to wear skating. Is there anywhere I can find fleece lined leggins? In particular, ones that aren't super pricey? I can't seem to find much searching online. Or some other type of warm leggings that aren't so tight? I don't really have the body for leggings...
I hate wearing tight pants but I seem to be involved with sports that call for them...
I rarely see people wear practice dresses. :sweat Maybe I should get a practice dress anyway. They always looks pretty. :love:
As for undergarments showing through yoga pants/leggings, the skating safe spine pad covers mine. >_>;;
Maybe if you feel self-conscious, you can wear a long sweater over them?
Quote from: fsk8r on November 21, 2012, 03:49:48 AM
I used to skate in a mall and put my work pants on over the top of my skating dress as the skirt was a little short, before stopping for coffee. I had a strange woman come up to me and ask me if my 4 year old dressed me! I've never been so mortified before, and I don't know what possessed her to ask.
How rude!!! But I don't quite understand, if your pants were over your skirt, how would it look any different to normal? Or does it puff out around the skirt?
Quote from: Janie on November 21, 2012, 02:30:00 PM
How rude!!! But I don't quite understand, if your pants were over your skirt, how would it look any different to normal? Or does it puff out around the skirt?
I think it was the purple sparkly velvet leotard over the pants which was the problem. I can understand thinking I looked a little odd, but I preferred having pants on than walking around with an overly short skirt.
Well, something strange has happened to me, not only am I wearing a nice long top over my leggings, but there's VIDEO proof of the fact! My coach took some videos for me today - so I'm going to edit them together and put them online :)
And, I look OK in my skating clothes - bonus :)
Just don't wear obviously patterened underwear under your leggings. I try to make sure I pick solid colors of underwear on days I skate.
A long sweater will ride up over time and get bunchy and unconfortable. Also if you work really hard, you will probably want to take the sweater off (I am usually down to long-ish form fit tank (that won't ride up past the waist band of the pants) and leggings about 10 minutes into my session). Over time, you will be less and less self-concious of what you wear and more and more interested in your own comfort when you skate. :psychic:
For warmer leggings, I'd say Capezios, but they don't make them anymore. Those were the best for warmth in a cold rink. :'( Now I wear Balera cotton leggings which are pretty good but NOT what my Capezios were.
I must be an oddball, but I prefer to skate in dresses. Every once in a while I go back to pants/runners tights, but spend most of the time pulling them up. At least with a dress, I don't have to pull up all the time. And as I said before, my rear end is covered. and really, what is the difference in skating tights and form fitting leggings other than color?
My legs rarely ever get cold, except on the few days that the rink is frigid. My toes on the other hand, never quite get warm.
Quote from: ChristyRN on November 22, 2012, 09:23:29 PM
I My toes on the other hand, never quite get warm.
Hehehe... Toes on the other hand! That turn of phrase just made me giggle.
I'm sorry your toes are always cold, though!
I didn't even catch that. I certainly did not mean the really bad pun.
I"m basically in your shoes...too overweight to really look like everyone else in tights and cute little skirts. So, I made some changes...first, my two ice dresses are dance dresses with long, to the knee skirts. And to add slimness to my appearance, I use over the boot tights. That's a good way to elongate your bottom half.
Quote from: techskater on November 19, 2012, 08:05:15 PM
You mean the Chloe Noels rip on the hooks? Hmm.
Unfortunately, all pants do.
The rinks where I practice are so cold that even little girls rarely wear skating dresses. I wore mine before the test, and I thought I would freeze to death.
Quote from: Icicle on November 26, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
Unfortunately, all pants do.
I haven't had a problem getting holes from my hooks with my Flowerdaze boot cuts (I've had these for 2 years) or my Balera leggings (one size too large so I can pull them over the back of my boots because they have :love: waistband elastic), so I am trying to figure out how to justify a pair of Chloe Noels when my Flowerdaze were moderately priced (like ~ 1/2 the price of Chloe Noels) and my Baleras were down-right cheap (like $10 a pair) in comparison.
Quote from: Icicle on November 26, 2012, 04:54:31 PM
Unfortunately, all pants do.
I've never had that problem with Se_ku or Bal Togs pants, and both are pulled down over the hooks.
Quote from: techskater on November 26, 2012, 08:07:11 PM
I haven't had a problem getting holes from my hooks with my Flowerdaze boot cuts (I've had these for 2 years) or my Balera leggings (one size too large so I can pull them over the back of my boots because they have :love: waistband elastic), so I am trying to figure out how to justify a pair of Chloe Noels when my Flowerdaze were moderately priced (like ~ 1/2 the price of Chloe Noels) and my Baleras were down-right cheap (like $10 a pair) in comparison.
Shopping for leggings in the last few hours of Cyber Monday. Flowerdaze seems to be in the $50s range now, but Balera is indeed $9.99 at dancewearsolutions (http://www.dancewearsolutions.com/dancewear/bottoms/leggings/CL2677.aspx). Do you have this cotton/spandex version? :D
I think if you know where the hooks are pressing you can iron some iron on patch material (like for jeans) on the inside of the pants, and that should keep the hooks from tearing through.
I tried on a Mondor dress because they were on sale. It looked good on the top. However, the skirt barely covered my butt. XD;;; Because I'm short and have wide hips, it made me look stocky. >_>;; Maybe I should just get a leotard and a wrap skirt.
Quote from: iomoon on November 26, 2012, 10:07:18 PM
I tried on a Mondor dress because they were on sale. It looked good on the top. However, the skirt barely covered my butt. XD;;; Because I'm short and have wide hips, it made me look stocky. >_>;; Maybe I should just get a leotard and a wrap skirt.
Mondor's sizes, like a lot of French apparel brands, are for pygmies.
Anyway, I started out in regular sweatpants and a t-shirt. Then I bought some cheapo $10 leggings from Kmart, and a ballet wrap skirt, and skated in that instead. Then I found these fabulous black lycra aerobic pants at Target for $20, so I bought two, and still wear them regularly. I've only caught the blade twice - both on cross-foot spins. They've worn well, too. (At that point, I started wearing skating tights, too.) When summer came around it was just too hot to be skating in long pants, so I made myself a skating skirt, and then in the post-Christmas sales bought myself a pair of dance shorts for $10, which I now wear in the summer with skating tights (along with most of the rest of the rink.)
I'm 5'7-5'8 and roughly 190 pounds, so I'm not a petite little thing - I carry most of my fat on my thighs. After a while with the skirt, it didn't bother me, and still doesn't. I don't wear them in public, of course, but I have no qualms about wearing them to the rink.
Quote from: iomoon on November 26, 2012, 10:07:18 PM
I tried on a Mondor dress because they were on sale. It looked good on the top. However, the skirt barely covered my butt. XD;;; Because I'm short and have wide hips, it made me look stocky. >_>;; Maybe I should just get a leotard and a wrap skirt.
I bought a mondor skirt. In the picture it came to the knees, and I bought a Large based on their sizing. It didn't even cover my butt.
Dance wear is mystery sizing and the pictures all lie.
Quote from: jjane45 on November 26, 2012, 09:08:46 PM
Shopping for leggings in the last few hours of Cyber Monday. Flowerdaze seems to be in the $50s range now, but Balera is indeed $9.99 at dancewearsolutions (http://www.dancewearsolutions.com/dancewear/bottoms/leggings/CL2677.aspx). Do you have this cotton/spandex version? :D
Yep, the cotton/spandex version. WARM. :love: Leslie has raised her prices, then. :nvm:
Quote from: AgnesNitt on November 27, 2012, 05:06:19 PM
I bought a mondor skirt. In the picture it came to the knees, and I bought a Large based on their sizing. It didn't even cover my butt.
Dance wear is mystery sizing and the pictures all lie.
Now I'm worried about my leggings purchase. The measurements fell right in the middle of a size, and I hesitated to bump it to the larger size...
Quote from: AgnesNitt on November 27, 2012, 05:06:19 PM
I bought a mondor skirt. In the picture it came to the knees, and I bought a Large based on their sizing. It didn't even cover my butt.
Dance wear is mystery sizing and the pictures all lie.
LOL! Oh goodness. Was this supposed to be Ice Dance?
Quote from: pompeiii on November 21, 2012, 09:54:45 AM
So, here starts the search for warm leggings to wear skating. Is there anywhere I can find fleece lined leggins? In particular, ones that aren't super pricey? I can't seem to find much searching online. Or some other type of warm leggings that aren't so tight? I don't really have the body for leggings...
Hmm how about Mondor Polartec leggings?
Quote from: AgnesNitt on November 26, 2012, 09:18:30 PM
I think if you know where the hooks are pressing you can iron some iron on patch material (like for jeans) on the inside of the pants, and that should keep the hooks from tearing through.
Thank you, I might try it.
Quote from: jjane45 on November 27, 2012, 08:42:44 PM
Now I'm worried about my leggings purchase. The measurements fell right in the middle of a size, and I hesitated to bump it to the larger size...
If it's Balera stuff, they are very stretchy and are fine in the smaller size, no worries.
Okay... I got a motionwear skirt that's about 18 inches long. :laugh: I think I'll wear it with normal clothes, too.
I tried on the ballet leotards. It's probably because of the lighting and the distance of the mirror, but I didn't like it. :(
Quote from: techskater on November 28, 2012, 06:19:38 PM
If it's Balera stuff, they are very stretchy and are fine in the smaller size, no worries.
Balera leggings arrived in the mail, yes they are stretchy and fit just about right. Not tight enough to hold paddings in place, but fit my purposes well :)
Wrap skirts on the other hand look bad on me :( guess I found 100% polyester too flimsy...
I got a skirt today :) It's a simple lilac circular skirt, from a local dance shop.
It comes to just around my knees (I'm 5 foot 2, I think it's meant to be shorter, haha!) and flows in a lovely way. With my black leggings, it looks very good, and my rather rotund rear is nicely covered :)
Think coach will have a heart attack when I wear it on Thursday! Well, she did say that at some point she'd have to start teaching me in a skirt, I might as well get used to them myself! :)
Quote from: Vicki7 on December 01, 2012, 12:20:55 PM
I got a skirt today :) It's a simple lilac circular skirt, from a local dance shop.
It comes to just around my knees (I'm 5 foot 2, I think it's meant to be shorter, haha!) and flows in a lovely way. With my black leggings, it looks very good, and my rather rotund rear is nicely covered :)
Think coach will have a heart attack when I wear it on Thursday! Well, she did say that at some point she'd have to start teaching me in a skirt, I might as well get used to them myself! :)
First time I skated in a skirt the cold air blowing on my inner thighs made me feel naked.
I'm actually really excited to give it a try! I spun round on our tiled floor while trying it on with my leggings and it goes all floaty :D
Just wish I could skate sooner than Thursday!
Leotard plus wrap skirt did not fit me, but a fitted tee plus wrap shirt plus leggings were great.
The balera leggings grew on me even more, they pulled down over the heel quite easily. Good buy, thank you techskater for the tip :)
Glad to help, jjane!! Just double check your seems as sometimes they pull loose...
Quote from: Vicki7 on November 17, 2012, 03:13:33 PM
I've got this feeling I'd like to start wearing some more appropriate skating attire when I get my new skates. I know a lot of ladies here wear leggings to practice in, but I'm a larger lady (5ft 2 and 180lbs) and am thinking, if I do that, I need to cover my rather large behind
So, what level were you when you started to wear things like leggings/tights and skirts etc?
I used to wear skating pants, until an accident happened wherein I caught my toepick in the side fabric of my pantsleg. Although the fabric of the pants was not torn, my toepick produced an inch and a half gash in the inside of my left calf. That has always puzzled me how the toepick did not cut the fabric, but really cut up the inside of my left calf. That accident finally knocked enough sense in my head to begin wearing something other than pants for skating practice.
Many of the younger kids and teens at my rink wear leggings, but you have to remember that they do not as yet have an adult's body size and shape. I have occasionally seen a female adult skater with a somewhat larger behind, or with a typical adult body size and shape that is not real thin wear leggings for skate practice, and the look of leggings by themselves, both covering everything as well as showing everything, is just a bit unnerving, to say the least. I, too, have a somewhat bigger proportioned behind and thighs, and although I have worn skating leggings for practice, they just make me feel uncomfortable.
The combination that has worked for me is to wear a velvet skating dresses with long sleeves for warmth, along with sheer-to-the-waist support pantyhose, with skating tights worn over the pantyhose. The skating dresses that I wear have a longer skirt, styled like a synchro or dance skating dress, so the dreaded behind factor is covered, and the layered pantyhose/skating tights are warm enough so that I do not freeze to death during dance practice. So, that's all I ever wear for skate practice these days, a pretty skating dress, and the pantyhose/tights combination.
Skirts cover you hiney so much better than tights. And, since they are loose, there is no sheerness from stretch.
I started off in skating tights (to prevent any jiggles and smooth things out) with tech yoga pants on top. Then I started to fear getting my toe pick caught in a pant leg and switched to tights with Capezio or Danskin black leggings on top. The leggings cover the top laces and bow of the boot and I wear this most often. Then I bought a black ballet wrap skirt to cover my bum but it turns out I feel fine with my booty uncovered.
After about 3 months of skating, I bought 2 black skating skirts (one unexpectedly short, one a perfect length) and started wearing two pairs of skating tights and the skirts a month or so before my first test to get used to the idea of parading around in flesh colored tights in public. (Which I did.) But, I normally wear my tights and black leggings combo with nothing over my bottom.
On top, I always wear a black or gray long sleeve t-shirt, a black or gray fitted tech long sleeve zip up jacket, and a black Patagonia Nano Puff vest on top. The Nano has tons of pockets for my wallet, phone, and GoPro camera.
:-)
I have most of my doubles (had them as a kid) and am 35. I wear chloe noel pants (not the super frilly ones though.. lol :angel:) and bodywrappers or mondor tights underneath. When I was a kid i only wore dresses. Now that I'm older I seem to care more about the cold.
Uh! I have been wearing Leggings (https://www.carbon38.com/shop-all-activewear/bottoms/legging) for a very long time now but I started wearing skirts when I turned 13. I don't know but this was some kind of a rule at my place. It was okay because I never liked wearing skirts that much. I like wearing shorts more than anything.
I like Se_Ku also. Magicskate still has stock.
I started wearing OTB ChloeNoel black tights about a month ago.Before that I wore plain LL Bean stretch pants or stretch pants from Columbia Sportswear. I lost 40 lb and when I had to buy new clothes I decided to go the Chloe Noel route. I also have a pair of Fila tights that are my favorite, but not made anymore. :'(