Petticoat Pond's Petti Pictures

DANCE DRESSES - PAGE SEVEN

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(Above) Cloggers on right

(Above) Circle dancers on right

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Denise: "Here's a site I've visited many times over the years, but especially cute is the gif on the middle right of the home page: www.bopcats.nl/eframeset.htm ...and then, of course, there is the Photo Album :-)  Related, sort of, is this fun site":  www.centex.net/~elliott  A cute 50s site, not so many petticoats per se, but still fun."

Ed: (above) We often wonder about retro dance images that lack garters and nylons.

This may or may not be retro, but is authentic, to be sure

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A pleasant representation of what ballroom dancing was like in The Era (The Karlssons) There is no reason it can't be like that again, but we guess it is considered that it is not worth the 'trouble', notwithstanding shows like "Strictly Come Dancing" and "Dancing with the Stars"), which occasionally feature proper dance costumes.  Nothing like this, though.

 

A bit unclear, but a nice representation of first-half 20th century fluffy dance wear

 

PondGirl Allison sends this of a girl at a 50s-themed dance Missing the garters... Allison's CDs     More retro

 

Joe A.: "I came across this picture, and I found it irresistible. Why? Perhaps because of the title '1950s Spanish Dancer with Loads of Petticoats.'  Even though her petticoat is just multiple layers of nylon net, knowing that it's from the 'Era', when the petticoats were works of art, just seems to make it more enchanting."

 

Here's a beautiful example of an Era dance competition gown which departs from the 'norm' Provided by Jean L.

 

Retro dancing Submitted by Jean L. More retro

 

A more modern ballroom competition gown - happily it retains some Bouffant

 

Era ballroom dance gathering

 

From a 1970s copy of the "Ballroom and Dancing Times."

 

An image from Ballet Hispanico

 

From a 1974 issue of Dance and Ballroom Times

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