Tear Away Pole Costume!

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I had a fantastic time designing and producing this tear away dance dress commission. It was fun problem-solving unusual issues - normal quick-change fasteners such as Velcro and magnets weren’t strong enough to last the pole dancing performance due to the extreme athletic moves required. 

Through trials and testing I came up with a crochet inspired solution. 


Linking the fabric together with loops and a crochet stitch enabled strength when performing, and by ‘frogging’ the stitches quickly, the dress fell off easily to reveal the second costume underneath.












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