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Dress Code in a Pole Studio?
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Nothing wrong with some cheeks!! 👠lol I get that some like modesty but would personally love to see more of society less offended by sexuality.
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nymphdancer- I can definitely relate your comment. I received a comment recently that I am wearing a thong in my profile picture on facebook, when in actual reality, it is my shorts
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Not gonna lie, I would LOVE to have an ass that ate my shorts!
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The Brazil shorts are only appropriate if they are the right fit!!! I had a pair of smalls. I wear S-M in most shorts. They showed to much butt like a thong and if I pulled them down, plumber crack!!!! So, the mediums have better coverage. They are thick as well, which is great! I think there should be a no underwear in class dress code. I have never seen anyone wear underwear in class. Underwear in thin. Pole shorts and swim wear is made thicker.
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Also, for those of you who claim there is no pole shorts in the world that fit your butt, try the Mika Yoga wear Lucia shorts. They are better coverage than most.
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Slightly off topic, but, I have actually found that since I first started poling, my glutes have grown tremendously, thus shorts that covered as a beginner don’t cover as much now. Which I am fine with because I pole at home and I like the grip. 🙂
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Sorry Luvlee I will never try a pair of Mika. I just can’t afford them number 1, and number 2 I have looked at them when they are at the Mid west pole comp and the largest size STILL wouldn’t cover my butt and would end up getting eaten by my butt. Don’t get me wrong I love my butt. I try for beginner’s classes to wear my longest shorts. They go several inches down my legs. By the end of class they are booty shorts. But my website shows me in sexy clothes and high heels.
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I can see a studio owner implementing a dress code for the instructors (no booty or tata hanging out) but, as an instructor of all levels of pole, I do not approve of students being asked to cover up if they have a little cheek hanging out. Some of yall who are blessed (or cursed?) with some of what I call “trunk junk” cant find shorts that work with pole while keeping all of your cheeks hidden. Ive had basic level students who wear sports bra and shorts (even though at basic side contact is not necessary) and intermediate students who prefer a tank and never take off their shirt. In my opinon, students should be allowed to wear what they wish, so long as vag isnt poping out to say hi and their nipples remain covered. It is kind of unprofessional (in my opinion) for an instructor to have massive booty (more than say 40%) or cleavage hanging out while teaching, but you shouldnt have to ask your students to cover up as long a their private parts stay private. It may make them self consious, and while there is a huge debate/divide over sport and fitness vs. sexy dance, the one thing we can ALL agree on is that pole is about the individual expressing themselves and finding a way to love and accept themselves for who and what they are while they stive to better themselves in a challenging and motivating way through pole.
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Well… I am not fully agreed with dress code rule but I have to confess that I chose my pole class school with more modest and less sexy oriented atmosphere in it. It was rather a turnoff when I went to the trial class at the other pole studio where most girls were wearing underwear-like booties. (One of the girls was wearing exact same underwear of same brand of what I was wearing underneath of my sports shorts. No kidding!)
Not that I care about what other people say about what I wear or what polers wear. But I think if you are poling, you are already sexy, sensual and all needless to say the great strength. Don’t feel like trying more to look sexier by wearing underwear instead of minimally showy shorts to do poling. -
For the love of God. If I wanted to be a part of a community that was going to tell me how to dress right down to the number of centimeters my gluteal folds are permitted to be “exposed”, I would have been a damn gymnast. I would have been been an ice skater. I would have been a swimmer. No, see I became a pole dancer because it gave me freedom- freedom to be who I am in the studio and out, freedom to explore my dance through things like dressing up or down, playing with heels, collars,ties, boots, hoodies and whatever else. Pole is subversive. It’s subversive because it challenges the traditional ideas of what a woman can and cannot be, should and should not do when it comes to her body. When you have a woman who is smart, articulate and perhaps works as an engineer by day (like Nadia Sharif) and then who puts on high heels, and dances out the sexy at night you have a woman who is actively breaking down stereotypes. Why yes, I can be smart and sexy and be public about both. Why no, dancing in high heels on a pole does not make me a dumb, desperate woman. And yes, I am CHOOSING to dance like this, to move like this, to DRESS like this because it pleases me. And I really don’t care what you think. Because what you think is a reflection of your own values and issues. I’m at peace with my choices, and who I am. This is what infuriates me the most about these kinds of “rules” about dress and bodies and exposure. Underlying all of it is a thinly veiled expression of shaming. And shame is what I shed when I started pole dancing. The words “appropriate” and “professional” come up a lot in this thread in reference to clothing. I spend my days working in a place where I have to be appropriate and professional. The last thing I want to do is walk into my studio at the end of the day and get the same rigamarole. As far as getting the mainstream to accept pole I truly don’t think pole will go anywhere if it whitewashes the sexy out of it. Why should we change in order to be taken more seriously? If you change yourself to be accepted by another person, what happens? You lose the respect of that person and you lose your identity. That same dynamic exists on a macro level as well. Yes, pole is athletic and it gets you fit an its beautiful and yes it has many faces. yes competitions and studios need rules for safety among other things. But forcing pole dancers to look or act or present a certain way is just squeezing the very soul right out of pole culture.
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I’ve been fascinated by this thread, but wonder: does the “dress as skimpy as you like” philosophy for sexy classes apply to men as well?
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I think it’s perfectly fine for men to dress skimpy and pole. I guess small short-shorts (speedo type) and no shirt is about as skimpy as a man could go without getting into thong territory. I would be ok with a man wearing that to class. or if he wanted to wear heels and bikini! I thinks it perfectly ok
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Dear Claire (ThePoleStory),
I f&$@ing LOVE you. That is all 🙂 -
This actually upsets me. Pole dancing is what it is. No matter how many dress codes you implement or banning of certain “racy” moves it ain’t ever going to change. I like the sexual freedom, I like to dress a little racy while dancing and the studio is one of the few places you can with out being judged. Sorry, but if I were a student at studio this strict I would ask for my money back and leave.
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I can’t believe that any studio would actually implement a dress code, pretty ridiculous in my opinion. If a particular student is consistently exposing her private parts then maybe speaking to that student would be a better option. Like other members have already mentioned, unless part of their vagina is showing then I don’t see a problem. I have shown the edge of my nipple while inverting by mistake and I wasn’t even wearing anything skimpy. One of the other students kindly pointed it out and I proceded to cover it. No big deal, it’s not like they had never seen a nipple before :/. After that day I simply made sure that my tank top was placed a little higher right before going upside down. I am only into pole because of the sexiness that it brings out in me, and have stopped going to some instructors because of the lack of sassy ness in their classes/routines.. Don’t get me wrong I love the tricks and fitness part of it as well but it is not appealing to me unless you throw in the sexy moves.
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