YOU wear whatever YOU want to wear.

What you want to get out of your class or Parties at Gypsy Rose should determine what your attire will be.

For Weekly Class Sessions you can wear the standard tank top and shorts for the first class, most do until they get used to their Instructor (try not to wear yoga pants as we will need your lower legs to be bare to help you swing around the pole).

If you are taking the classes because you want to feel sexier, prettier, or you want to gain more confidence, then you should try on some of our clubwear or bring your own when you feel ready. By all means, you can wear your tank top and shorts underneath, but we have found over the years that if a client dresses the part, they get more out of their experience. They see themselves in the dark lights, looking sexy and feeling daring, therefore psychologically they feel better about themselves and they dance better. It is truly amazing how that works.

Gypsy Rose is a place where you can forget your daily life and enter a fantasy world where you become that hot sexy mama that you've always wanted to be, or you want to be again.

These classes are for YOU and YOU alone "to explore to your feminine self, and release your inner sex goddess" and all the rest of those overused cliches.

But on the flip-side, if you just want to focus on the fitness aspect of pole/chair/floor dancing, then by all means wear your fitness attire and sneakers.

For Parties it's basically the same thing, you can wear our crazy clothes (that you wouldn't be caught dead in outside our studio) for the hour and a half you're here, or you don't even need to change at all. However, if you are  going out afterwards and don't want to change, we do recommend that you bring your own clothing to change in to, because you may get your good clothing dirty (of course we do clean, but you know, lint, dust, etc. will show up).

Clothing:

We have an entire costume room full of CLEAN costumes, clubwear, skirts, dresses, and booty shorts that are washed after each use that any particpant at a party or classes can borrow, free of charge.

NO ONE HAS TO CHANGE into our clothing--it's just a fun available option. Our staff will ever pressure you into changing because it's more important that you feel psychologically comfortable. However we do ask that if someone isn't participating in the class or party, that they do not change because we will need costumes for other parties and classes.

We've got all sizes, from "0" to "24", although if you're coming later in the day or evening for a party and you are afraid you may not be able to find something that fits you, we welcome you to bring your own clothing.

Basically the rule in the costume room is:

"If It's Pink, We Don't Want to See It."

And we are not talking about fabric color.

Footwear:

You can wear whatever you'd like on your feet--heels, sneakers, or even go barefoot, whatever pleases ye.

We do provide shoes and platform boots in all sizes, and although the platform boots may look scary, they are remarkably comfortable, sturdy, and the will make you feel sexier. 

However if you wear any of our boots you MUST wear our sweat-proof socks!

You may NOT wear your own socks, and for the Love of Your Favorite Deity, DO NOT PUT YOUR NAKED, BARE, STINKY FEET IN OUR BOOTS! That is gross. Your feet and calves will sweat, and if you don't wear our sweat-proof socks, you will make our boots very smelly, and that REALLY makes Wendy pissy. We don't want Wendy to be pissy, now do we?

You do not have to wear socks under the shoes (we spray them) although that is very funny to look at.

 If you bring your own heels to wear, please make sure they aren't too pointy in the toe as it is hard to do floorer with super-pointy toes. And if you really, truly, love your shoes, DON'T WEAR THEM. You may scuff them, and we'd rather you scuff our shoes than yours.

Knee Pads

We provide knee pads for all classes, except parties (at a party you won't be on your knees long enough to need them).

Wendy will not perceive you as being weak if you need knee pads, just because she can be on her knees all day--DANCING--and it does not hurt her. We assume she has nothing but moosh behind her knees after years of dancing on said knees.

She does insist, rather forcefully, that if her knees do give out some day that she will have both legs be amputated and will be fitted with prosthetics, thusly becoming the world's first Prosthetic Pole Dancer. She just wants the publicity.

And of course, being Wendy, she would keep both amputated legs, have them stuffed, and perhaps make a lovely side-table or fringed footstool with them. The possibilities are endless!

But we digress....

If you have any questions about what to wear at Gypsy Rose, for any class, please feel free to EMAIL us at info@gypsyrosedancing.com