Amelia

I have a trick for the show! I'm doing a hocks-style heels off, and I'm not going to link to any pictures so you can come see me :p

The show is Friday Oct 2nd rain date Oct. 9th. It will be the two IFW classes and some staff (I'm super excited to see the staff fly). Info will at some point be posted here.

This is a very easy trick, about on par with a knee-hang, but it looks different than a knee hang so I'm happy. After weeks of working on my swing it was very gratifying to get a trick on my first try. I worked on it Wed. and almost caught it with Scout (timing was off, the trick was fine). I caught it once on Sat. (2nd time timing was also off just enough to miss). These three classes I've been working on a back-end hocks-style heels off (so the same trick, just back end). I haven't made a back-end trick yet, but I am so close! Today I finally got the timing (I was cutting my sweep short) and my hips were almost all the way up. I'm just not fully committing to driving my hips all the way. I also keep looking at the bar instead of putting my head back which will help me rotate. I came ridiculously close maybe 4 times today. We even tried off the first riser (to give me more time) and I just couldn't lock in the position. So close!

Then I went shopping for a costume for the trapeze show. They said we could wear whatever we wanted as long as it matched the colors of the staff leotards: emerald green, silver, and white. Note the lack of black, they said a little black was okay, but no all black bottoms (which is what I and almost all the other women wear to class).

On recommendation I went to American Apparel to look for sparkly stuff. This is not a store that is at all in line with my body type, aesthetics, or style (I don't wear leggings when I'm not exercising). I also felt old. But I have no idea where else to shop for sparkly stuff. I'm at the very edge of their sizing so the sparkly silver leggings in the largest size they had wouldn't fit, but the shiny green ones did (but they looked hideous).

The salesgirl (emphasis girl) was very sweet and helpful. She found these brillant green and black leggings. I carry my weight in my butt and upper thighs so shiny in that area was just not going to work. I realize it's a trapeze show, so some amount of tight, silly, sparkly, and shiny is to be expected. I also have a sense of humor and am prepared to "work" whatever ridiculous thing I wear, but there is ugly and there is horribly unflattering. I don't mind showing off my body, but the cute version, not the "my legs are moldy sausages" version.

So I'm wearing green and black leggings and a silver lame bodysuit. I swear it was the most flattering choice (of the very, very limited options). I don't think there is a bodysuit that doesn't make me look hippy, but if there's a time to wear silver lame, I think the drag club trapeze show is it. To be clear: I look ridiculous, but not bad, if that makes sense.

My problem is boobs. The thing is *low* cut. Fine if I'm standing up (although there is no support, so it could be more flattering), but I'm going to be hanging upside down. I have no idea what to wear under it. The salesgirl brought me some "bra" tops, and pointed out a bandeau type bathingsuit top, but nothing she could offer provided any support and most of it (triangle bikini, really?) didn't even have adequate coverage.

Any suggestions? It's a halter top with a plunging back. Just throw a white tanktop on under there, straps be damned? Go with my regular (enell, ugly) sports bra? Use a lot of clothing tape on my nipples and pray for the best? If I were going to do this more than once I might consider sewing some netting into the thing, but for one trick I don't think it's worth the effort (and I don't have a sewing machine or the skill to do that).

Free free to come to the show to see some trapeze and point and laugh at my costume.

Life lesson of the day: Sometimes body acceptance lessons come in shiny packages.

A couple of custom clothes sites I ran across today:

Peach Berserk where you pick your item, then silkscreen print, then color and they custom make it for you. OMG so cool! I really want to see the stuff in person, too bad Toronto is far away.

In the Starlight which is not quite me, but only a step or two away from me I think. But some of the stuff looks so close to what I might wear. Hmmm. Love this skirt that wordplay just bought.

okay off to dance class