written by Tom  on 08.06. at 03:46:04

My experience parallels yours, with one striking exception: backwhen there was a Freed's just north of 57th Street in Manhattan, Iventured in once and asked whether they had dancewear for men. (Itsure didn't look as if they had.) The woman gave me the fishy stareto end all fishy stares; I think if I had asked to be fitted for abra (!) I couldn't have elicited any more ill-concealed hostility.

I notice their store isn't there any more. Divine retribution,I calls it....

> I rarely go to dance stores though. I order on-line for> convenience and because it's less costly, even with shipping.> Dance stores don't cater to men as there are very few of us that> create a demand at the local stores.

I know. Even at Capezio's main store in Manhattan the selectionfor men is dim. And mail order isn't as easy as it used to be;M. Stevens offers black & white tights & nothing else, & Bal-Togshave gone unisex: last time I got a pair from them I had to orderwomen's in extra-large: that was all they offered.

Tom Parsons