Try matching red hair.

When I competed two years ago, it was short. Now it's long and I'm not sure what I'll do with it when I compete again. I like to skate with it in a ponytail or partially pulled back, so some of it flows free. We'll see next year.

Thanks for the tip, sk8_mom! I knew synchro people sewed their hair in (as bobby pins are illegal and grounds for disqualification if discovered in any skater on a team), but I'd never known how they did it. I also thought that they used a regular sewing needle (and thus was afraid to ask someone to do it on me), so it's good to know it's a blunt needle instead.


And to the original poster (skating_life), there's one dress that I really like that might fit with your music. It's a layered dance dress by Body Wrappers that could be stoned to make more fancy. There's a picture at this site--click on Dresses, then click on shop by brand, then click on Body Wrappers, then click on Show All and scroll down to see style P701 (bottom right picture).

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When I wore my hair slightly longer than it is now, I would always use a Stylee comb to put it up with (and shedloads of gel, too!). It was really good, as you didn't need grips or pins, and I had - still have - rather too many of them, in colours matching all my skating dresses.

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Sarah Meier (Switzerland) had a really pretty yellow dress for her Finding Neverland SP last season:

http://www.skatecanada.ca/fr/events_...s/meier_sp.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...010693copy.jpg

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That is a beautiful dress!

And I see she is wearing a crystal hairclip/comb....nice touch!!

Now I want that dress!!!!!

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To be accurate, USFS is the only federation that outlaws bobby pins in synchro. Some people use fishing line as an alternative to embroidery thread. "Sewing" your hair in is mainly a US thing. Lots of Canadian teams use knox gelatin (the stuff you make Jello with). You add a packet to boiled water (how much depends on how strong you need it) and then "paint" it onto damp hair using a paint brush. This is what synchro swimmers do, and it keeps even the most stubborn hair back. About 10 years ago, I had short (2-3 inches long), curly, THICK hair and had to get my hair in a high bun. Knox and a "donut" did the trick.

Those of us with really short hair used to knox our hair and sew in our fake buns one day, and then sleep with our hair like that overnight so we wouldn't have to re-do it. In the morning, our hair had a lot of grey flakes, but they disappeared if you wet it with a warm washcloth. Our hair didn't move an inch overnight and was ready to go for another day of skating.

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I take it that "bobby pins" are what I'd call "kirbigrips", the kind with a Y-shaped end and bobbles on the short side, and the ends are close together when not in use, rather than "hair pins" which are U-shaped and more open?

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Yes, that sounds like bobby pins, look here:

Definitely kirby-grips, thanks!

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