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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: WWYW to tango? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:03:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Ornella on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1253083 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:17:04 +0000 Ornella 1253083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ooooh, this IS SOOOOO exciting. No advice here, but I so look forward to see what you'll wear. I'm sure you'll look divine. On separate note, this is my all time favourite dance from the SCD. It's from 2005 but I still get goosebumps every single time I watch it! Wardrobe wise, I've always loved the piece she wore around the neck. Enjoy It begins at 1:50 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8neixzZtU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8neixzZtU</a> poirot0153 on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1253076 Fri, 16 May 2014 10:01:28 +0000 poirot0153 1253076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks Mochi! I will check these out.  I'll be adding Bolero (which is basically a very slow rumba) to my list of dance styles and these maybe helpful for that as well when social dancing.  My dance instructor wants me to learn mambo as well so we can participate in the 5 dance challenges in competitions.  I also want to learn Argentine Tango too.  We'll see if I can handle learning that in my quite full dance curriculum. Lol Mochi on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1246673 Fri, 09 May 2014 13:02:07 +0000 Mochi 1246673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hi, Poirot. It's been a really long time since you posted this so maybe not relevant anymore. Plus, I suspect ballroom is an entirely different ballgame than the Argentine Tango scene. I find that it's eclectic and though plenty of women do dress up, no one wears formal gowns. The main thing is definitely flexibility in movement, and you can accomplish this with any dress or skirt that's not confining (ie, a pencil skirt would be a bad idea, even with a slit). A lot of women wear pants as well--they are sometimes long, flared trousers, but often are cropped. And I see a lot of leggings or bicycle shorts-type of pieces under pretty tunics or short dresses.  I still have a very limited tango wardrobe, but I plan on growing it out this year. I bought two very nice dresses, with links below. And recently a third dress that was inexpensive and stretchy and I wear it with black jeans or leggings also. In the future, some pretty tops and skirts should do it for me, and a few more flirty dresses when they go on sale.  The green one is Tadashi Shoji from Nordstrom and it is my fantasy of how a tanguera would have looked in the 1940's. : )  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ok-about-to-head-out-tango">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....-out-tango</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/tango-part-two">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....o-part-two</a> This one is a Classiques Entier, also from Nordstrom: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bought-potential-tango-dress-ka-ching">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....s-ka-ching</a> Poirot, I also take photos at my teachers' monthly dances, so if you're curious about how women dress in an informal social tango context, have a look. (Ignore the belly dancer pic--she was giving a performance!)  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47758673@N03/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/47758673@N03/</a> poirot0153 on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128944 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:15:53 +0000 poirot0153 1128944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks for the great advice everyone! My routine is ballroom tango with a dash of argentine here and there.  I am nervous and excited at the same time. My ballroom journey is just beginning.  After this showcase debut in February, my dance teacher wants me to do a competition in May.  That dance will be a rumba.  @Louise - I love mysteries and detective stories.  I have read everything written by Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot is my favorite detective.  Too bad my "little gray cells" can't help me bring fire on the dance floor in this tango. LOL. Peri on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128580 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:41:23 +0000 Peri 1128580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh PS, you would have to get the dress hemmed to ankle length for safe dancing. That would sort of limit it's reuse for non dancing, just a warning! Peri on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128578 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:38:05 +0000 Peri 1128578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ballroom or Argentine? If Argentine, there is a website tangoleva.com that has many great dress options for a really low price. They are definitely dance floor only, you wouldn't be able to reuse for a social situation in the same way my competition gown could never be mistaken for a regular dress. I hope the website is still up...I haven't been on it for ages because I don't really do Argentine. Also, Mo posted a dress picture the other day that would be great. You can search for the post...something about the wisdom of buying similar. I thought at the time...wow, Argentine dress. If ballroom, I have done this trick. Buy an affordable long dress with a full skirt, someplace like a department store. Even though the skirt is full, it is very likely the lining will be straight. Take it to a tailor and have them replace the lining with matching material in the same fullness of the dress. Good luck, have fun! Jules on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128573 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 15:22:57 +0000 Jules 1128573@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Can you edit your title to include the word tango? Forum member Mochi is also a tango student. If you do a search you'll see some of her tango dress searches as well I believe (and they are not full-on ballroom either). Louise on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128506 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 11:57:11 +0000 Louise 1128506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ How about something with a high low hem? I've thinking of my own wardrobe and have a dress and skirt with this sort of hem and even just walking they swish and swirl so I'd love to dance in them x ETA- love your screen name, he's my favourite tv detective x Aquamarine on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128505 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 11:53:47 +0000 Aquamarine 1128505@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ We have several dancers on this forum and hopefully one of them will chime in. poirot0153 on "WWYW to tango?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wwyw#post-1128503 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 11:51:50 +0000 poirot0153 1128503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm looking for some ideas and/or inspiration.  I will be performing my first tango next month at a showcase my ballroom dance studio.  It's not a competition so I don't think anyone will be wearing ballroom gowns, per se.  I am trying to think of what to wear that will fit the character and spirit of both the dance as well as the song we have chosen.  I chose an edgy, dramatic, over-the-top, non-traditional tango song...."My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" by Fallout Boy.  That song is totally bad@ss. I love it! Obviously, I need freedom of movement, etc., so I am definitely going the dress route.  Don't worry about functionality in your suggestions.  I will figure that out.  If you were me, what would you wear?...e.g., colors, accessories, etc.