Star-Styled is a brand name. It's a manufacturer who as I remember works out of Florida. Probably on the backs of poorly paid Cuban seamstrisses. That's not to insult those hard working ladies. I remember poorly paid Polish seamstrisses making Nino Cerruti and Hart, Shaftner and Marx suits in my own hometown!
Star-Styled is probably the last manufacturer who still make full-seated dancebelts. The fabric they use is probably more lycra and Antron/polyester rather than nylon (I can't read the material content on my Star-Styled dancebelts; the tags are too worn out).
Dancebelts become very personal to the danseur, but some of use keep thinking there's a better one somewhere. I used Star-Styled for about two years, until I found the Capezio "comfort" dancebelt, which is a cotton/lycra version of the old Danskin 1100 that I started in years ago!
Everytime I find MY dancebelt on sale, I buy at least two, often more. But then everytime I see a new brand, I buy a trial model.
I guess I'm luck to be employed in a job that pays enough (although it's too little) to keep my trunk filled with dancebelts!
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