I tried on a few dresses that were on sale at the pro shop today. I do not need another dress! However, there was one that fit very nicely and was fairly flattering, in addition to being my color - deep green. It's velvet with long sleeves and box skirt, with some sparkles on the top. I could wear it for testing - which will not be anytime soon. It's by Jerry's and is very, very nicely made with details like a satin strip at the wrists. It was originally $95, but is half price, and was offered to me for only $45, no tax. Should I indulge myself? Should I pledge to wear it for practice once a month if I do buy it?

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I vote yes....a dress that fits just right is worth indulging in. It sounds nice Also yes on wearing it once a month for practice. You need to know what it feels like before using it for a test or competition.

Yes! Buy it - a skating dress that fits AND looks good AND makes you feel good? Well worth the (discounted) price !

Definitley buy it! You never know when you might just need that particular skating dress and if you haven't bought it how can you wear it???????
Too good an opportunity to miss to buy a quality, flattering, discounted dress - why are you even asking - go get it! NOW!

Of course you must buy it!

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Seems to me $45.00 is dirt cheap for a dress as good as that!

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Heck, I'd buy it myself if I wouldn't look like a stuffed sausage in a short skirt!

Go for it -- it sounds gorgeous!!! And a great deal -- what more could you ask?

There have been several times in the winter when I've been asked to do a program at an outside rink. Since I prefer camisole top dresses, I was left scrambling for something warm. I then bought one just for those times - something that would be adaptable to a variety of programs, and looks great. You never know when you need a different dress! If you really like it, go for it.

I say go for it! At that price, you won't even need to wear it that much to feel like you got your money's worth. But as flo pointed out, you never know when you might need a dress that looks exactly like that.

If the dress fits, BUY IT!

Happy skating,
Raine

Go for it. It's such a great price and it's in your colour and it fits well. Everything tells me you should buy it!!!

Nicki

I would say to go for it! Dresses are hard to find when you know you need one... plus, if it fits good and you're comfortable in it, the $45 price is even better! The price alone is a good reason to buy it!

Honey, you'd better get down to that store and snap up that dress before someone else does!

I say buy it. So far the responses are unanimous - you must buy that dress and if you don't you should be severely punished!!!

Now a new question - if she does not buy that dress how should she be punished?

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The ultimate punishment, stepping out on the ice with your skate guards on!!

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Aaaak! Nooooo! I promise I'll call the pro shop tomorrow and have them put it away for me

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db, sounds gorgeous! Deep green, mmm!

-- wannask8

The dress is mine! Thanks to you all...mwaaa!

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Okay, picture, picture????

I have a new dress en route; it won't be with me for awhile. I had thought to commission a Tango dress from a friend who makes commercially. Another skater overheard me say this and said, "Oh, I've got a Tango dress I never wear, would you like to try it on?" So I said "Yes please!" and she brought it in next day. It's lovely - a superb red, with a dance-length skirt, just what I wanted. Only snag is, the skirt was attached in front under the stomach, and as I stick out there quite enough as it is, it did me no favours! So my friend-who-makes-commercially is going to alter the skirt, and add a second layer of skirt, in black with twinkly bits, over the top so that the red will be more of a petticoat.

The top of the dress is totally plain, just exactly the way I like it - I can dress it up with beads or even a boa to suit my mood and the dance I'm doing!

I can hardly wait - it won't be ready for a couple of weeks, but as I shan't need it until the British Adults in September, that's ages away! What's more, it's a total bargain as friend-whose-dress-it-was won't take a penny piece for it, despite my protests, and friend-who-makes-commercially won't have to spend too long on it! I doubt it'll cost me more than the equivalent of US$80.....

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Well, I'm sure you'll both look very lovely!

No one at my rink wears dresses unless they're practicing for a competition. And definitely none of the adults.

Sometimes I think I'd feel more like a skater if I were in a dress, but then I think I'd feel like a dork because no one practices in skirts, even!

I wear my skirt and tights all the time - open skates (except when I take my kid to really busy weekend sessions), club ice, I don't really care. I feel better in them than I would in regular pants, and it certainly looks better than those stretchy/clingy pants because the skirt covers my back end and hips! Plus you really do feel more like a skater - at least I do.

I have never worn a dress...it would start nasty rumours!!!

Anyway, my knees are way too bony!!

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Are you crazy??? BUY IT!!!

It's too late for my reply to influence you, as you've already done the deed . . . but what I, as a fellow 56-year-old skater (sorry, dbny, you'll have to share that gold medal ) would have told you was: of course you buy that dress! At any, but especially our, age to find one that's "you" and fits well (not to mention being on-sale to boot!) is a gift from the Skating Gods, so it's best to appease them.

Ellen

Glad for the company up here

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