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Seriously.
These outfits seem a bit on the extreme side. Tonya?
Dancing with the Boobs
Jim Clyne said,
I don’t get the humor here: are these photos taken from TV, or are they photos of a dancer?
kristin sloan said,
they are photos i took of the tv program dancing with the stars.
i think the show is fun, but i feel bad for the ladies. seems like the show took the sexy/sensual ballroom dress style to a dangerous extreme (as in, possibly challenging to dance in for fear of flashing the live TV audience)
Wendy said,
Actually, there have been several “wardrobe malfunctions” on past seasons. There have been earrings flying off, someone got their heel caught in their skirt and danced the entire routine like that (although somehow NOT ripping it off), one celebrity’s skirt was pulled down exposing her bum for a split second, and at least two straps have broken on dresses (one didn’t reveal anything, the other was held up with a hand). I don’t know why one dancer even bothers to wear clothes………she’s got next to nothing on anyways!
Tania said,
There is something about top-level ballroom dancing and figure skating that seems to cause temporary insanity in the part of the personality that controls fashion choices. Whether this is on the part of the dancers/skaters or their coaches I have no idea. Does anyone have any speculation as to why this is true? And why does this get perpetuated?
Nicole said,
I think they are dressing that way to obviously appeal to the male viewers. Let’s face it, there aren’t a whole lot of guys watching “Dancing with the Stars” and by them dressing like that it may get repeat male viewers. No man is gonna turn the channel if theres a half naked girl…
Milt said,
Maybe next season they’ll drop the pretense and put up a pole.
Sandi said,
I also feel like it’s “Dancing with the oompa loompa colored fakely tanned”. That is one Ballroom thing I’ll never understand.
jm said,
I agree that the women’s dresses are a bit too revealing. The professional women dancers do have wonderful bodies and are very fit, but having their ‘boobs’ in danger of falling out is neither attractive or necessary. It is possible to design dancewear that shows the movement of each dance without looking so cheap. As for the fake tans, this seems to be a ballroom ‘thing.’ If anyone saw the America’s Ballroom Challenge on PBS recently, fake blonde hair also is quite popular. I’m looking forward to see what the women wear tomorrow.
Emily said,
Scarier than the huge pushed-up boobs is the fake tanner that they layer on by the bucket.
delirium said,
not having danced ballroom, but having worn some skimpy costumes and wondered at some of the things that stars wear on the red carpet…
I’d say they probably augment the support of the straps by the use of Flash Tape.
this is double sided tape (you can use carpet tape or toupee tape for this is as well) that is attached to the dress and to the skin.
Its pretty strong. Burlesque performers use it to hold on our pasties.
Mick said,
Lets face it people. The mass media moguls supply what their surveys suggest. Read Popular Culture!!!
SanderO said,
I find the costume choices of ballroom dancers and figure skaters mostly tacky and hideous. It’s quite the negative distraction and turnoff.
Most of the dancers have stunning bodies to begin with. So why can’t they employ some nuance, style subtlety or elegance? I don’t get it. Do they think this makes them look better?
These genres have turned into silly caricatures of themselves and it is a shame because the dancers and skaters have so much talent.
But speaking of figure skating. As beautiful as it can be, it is getting very repetitious to my eye with all the required virtuosity moves thrown in.
As some point virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity is a wrong headed direction to take. Good choreography has balance and there is a place for virtuosity or not. It need not be part of every piece.
Where are the adults?
tonya said,
Hehehe, when I first saw this incoming link on my blog I thought it was spam! Thanks for linking to me! I don’t know, I guess I’m just so used to the costumes I don’t really think about them being revealing. I guess every dance style has it’s own culture. Has anyone seen what Brazilian Carnival dancers wear?
Cathy said,
Tonya, you mean what brazilian carnival dancers… ‘’wear'’? Around here I must confess that we’re somehow…used to it - until some certain point, of course- but I often wonder what people that are not from here think of it.
It’s exactly what you said: every dance style has its own culture…
however, in my opinion, there should be some kind of limits sometimes.
(On that, there was a huge polemichere this past carnival in which a dancer was wearing something smaller that it’s allowed - if that’s even possible 
)
Cathy said,
sorry, I meant smaller thaN it’s allowed
Mychelle said,
I think a big problem with the costumes is fit; it seems like some of the ‘girls’ are getting cut in half.
GraciaMichelle said,
I’ve actually heard a lot of more curvy women say that your décolletage is ‘part of your face’ - so obviously they don’t feel like it’s indecent exposure.
And they turn out to be quite horrified about the fact that I dance in tights & leos, as they feel this reveals WAY too much of one’s body…! 
So I think it’s just a matter of culture.
In fact, I once read somewhere that in Japan the sexiest part of a woman is (or at least in past times was) considered to be the back of her neck… At least half my dresses and tops must seem SO tacky to the Japanese! 
Patricia said,
“Dancing With the Stars” is beyond tacky…but totally addictive! It’s too bad the ballroom ladies dress that way because it takes away how talented some of them (Cheryl Burke, Kym Johnson, Edita I’m-Not-Going-To-Try-Spelling-Her-Last-Name!) are.
The show’s costumers treat the non-ballroom/non-pro female stars much better. Regardless of whether or not Heather Mills deserved it, she was dressed comfortably, discreetly and elegantly; the same goes for the Cheetah Girl and Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Katrina said,
obvious, Patricia you didn’t see weeks1 and 3 of America Ballroom Challenge… There were some very skimpy costumes. The costumes come from the history of the dance. Dancing in a hot country, you’re not going to wear a lot. The only costume from last night that I had issues with (in terms of females) was Shannon Elizabeth’s … it just didn’t fit the dance. Tony’s pants well.. *giggles* they’re another story.
SanderO: I think you’re thinking about costumes from people like Johnny Wier. Look at Evan Lysacek. His costumes fit the music and are simple and elegant
Amy said,
… and what lucky audio engineer got to clip on those mics? (Just kidding, any professional engineer would have explained where it should be placed and allowed the talent to do the clipping… )
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