Attire

When it comes to choosing own clothing, VR itself already renders the task quite unique in this case. With the factor of being alone in your very own playspace for the most part, the matter fashion or good looking attire might not be a good priory to have, so efficiency is the ultimate factor to aim at here. That said, your main mindset here should be to wear sports clothing which leaves as much of the skin area as possible due to the fact that you'll end up using every inch of your body as a grip/friction point in your current/future moves.

🥽 Head

Given The fact that your head would be occupied by the VR hardware itself, your only option here would be to use headbands and bandanas to not only manage your hair but also reduce the volume of sweat getting over your headset

👕 Chest

Your tops can be a tricky choice overall. The main rule here would be to selected sleeveless shirts or sports bra that leave your armpits & arms well exposed as well as the lower belly.

🥽 VR Consideration 🥽

Keep in mind that your tops can also be used as powerbank and/or chest tracker holders, in case you're going wireless.

🩳 Shorts / Pants

Legs are probably the most important body part, after hand and arms, when it comes to pole fitness. The leg skin is highly used in high diversity of moves that vary between beginner and even advanced levels. Therefore, choosing the right bottom attire is critically fundamental.

🥽 VR Consideration 🥽

Just like your tops, you can use shorts or pants to secure your power banks or hip tracker.

Among various options on the market you can keep in consideration the following choices:

1. Sport Shorts - keep an eye for those not be too long as your thigh area must be exposed
2. Sport Underwear- if you are comfortable to wear, this type would be the best option as it has minimal coverage of your skin and promotes great mobility
3. Grippy Leggings - very useful and quite revolutionary for leg grip overall. You can find them in our Grip Aids page

👟 Footwear

Quite challenging ground in terms of decision making here. VR definitely brings an interesting demand of balance between comfort and performance, especially when it comes to dancing. There are many style of dance and activity that can highly benefit from distinct choices

⚠️ Safety Warning ⚠️

Please keep in consideration that thigh-highs, high socks, leg sleeves, and other leg-long attire might greatly compromise certain moves and especially your grip. Therefore, try to avoid this kind of leg attire in order to stay safe and efficient on your pole.

🥽 VR Consideration 🥽

Different kinds of footwear give plenty of room for comfortable attachment of trackers and even powerbanks!

You got following choices of what putting on your feet:

🦶🏻 Barefoot: Yes! Dancing barefoot can be very fun and unlock a unique body language of performance on both your pole and floorwork! However, it holds certain challenges to overcome with time, such as conditioning your skin, managing the moisture of the skin, and managing dust/dirt over your feet, which can turn to be a problem for the most of the grip.

👟 Shoes: Having good shoes can provide great deal of support and protection to your feet. Not to mention the increased grip factor that can enhance or speed up certain pole routines. It is greatly recommended not to order your shoes online, but rather purchase them in person due to need of testing them for good grip over metal surfaces (just grab presented shoe of choice and rub it against any metallic surface in the store to see how much friction they generate). Keep also in mind that heavy use of shoes in vr can speed up the wear of your flooring, based on its material, so dance shoe socks would be highly recommended.

🧦 Annkle Straps / Grippy Socks: If you need a middle ground between being barefoot and having shoes, the so-called ankle straps can come in handy. With the current items on the market, their main role would be protecting the skin of your feet and lower legs as much as providing amazing grip over metallic poles. Consult our Grip Aids for more details.