 
Balletlover - Balletmania
written by Seamless at on 15.10. at 20:30:56 - as answer to: Re: How many seams has a Baltog unitard ? by RemmyO at >There's only one seam on each body part which means :>- one for the torso (on the back)>- one for each leg (innerside, I hate seams on the outside of the leg)>- one for each arm >which makes a total of 5>When I wrote my question I thought only about the torso. >I have a heavier weight Baltog-unitard with many seams, but I never saw the one you are describing in your answer. On the internet it's always very difficult to count the seams on the very small pictures !!>The FLEXI WEIGHT LYCRA of Star-Styled is quite thick material.>Greetings,>RemmyO--You've got me thinking about this "seam count" thing and have a new perspective on it. Basically, as I see it a single seam has two distinct ending points, either joining with another seam or ending on the edge of material. So, if you have a side seam that runs from the ankle to the arm, that's one seam (previously I was counting this as two). Because feet and arms have mandatory seams on all garments, I generally exclude those. Seam count would be fixed on just the primaries, being legs and torso. The Baltogs unitard I mentioned would have just 3 primary seams then: One down the back, and one up each inside leg. The others would then have 5, adding on the side seams that run from ankle to armpit. I don't know if Baltogs still makes these. I got them back in '94, ordered through a dancewear store out of New York City. They are footed long sleeve unitards, one with a crew neck and the other with a collar neck. The collared one has slightly thicker material. Last year I bought a hooded and fingered Baltogs unitard for a costume, and was quite disappointed. Not only did it have the side seams, but the material was a bit coarse and the fingers were too slender (I had to rip the seams of the middle finger because they were too tight). So I don't know if Baltogs simply stopped making the "reduced seam" version, or if they only come with certain styles. Probably the best thing to do is contact a few dancewear suppliers that carry Baltogs and ask them if they carry any styles without side and front seams. Some will be clueless about your question while others may be able to help. This Flexi-weight Star Styled unitard sounds interesting. I've seen Star Styled ones featured on the River's Edge Dancewear site, but they have a limited range of styles. I wonder if they make a footed version? What is yours like in terms of color, sleeves, collar, legs, etc.? ~Seamless~ Answers to this message:
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