What are your views on uniforms? Full shells, half or cropped tops? What about the new Cheerkinis? (If you aren't familiar with Cheerkinis, they are basically bikinis in your team colors)
I love the cheergyms.com uniforms! They are sharp, clean and visually great on the competition floor! Besides the design, the colors are bold which is great on the floor as well. Cheerleading is for all shapes and size cheerleaders! I personally do not like the trend of crop tops and low rise skirts. I feel sorry for those girls who may not have the body type to wear this style. I personally know of girls who are on programs that have this style of uniform. These girls feel pressure to lose weight to look "good" in these skimpy uniforms. I am sure there will be people out there who disagree with me, but I don't feel it is necessary in the sport of all star cheerleading.
i LOVE the "right kind" of crop top, i mean some of them do look EXTREMLY cute and also dont show a whole lot, or at least the style of it fits EVERYONE no matter what size you are... and that way you show a little skin to break up the uniform a little bit.... so in MY opinion the right crop top with a cute skirt thats also just the right length.... i think can make ANY team look hott out on the comp floor...!
To Nor Cal cheerleader. I understand what you are saying but I disagree and I am sure many others would as well to your statement "crop tops would look good on everyone". That is an absurd statement and your are obviosly thin and that is why you think that. SOme of us aren't thin and would feel ridiculous trying to out in something llike that with our figure feeling forced to try and lose weight to be able to wear them. There is enough pressure in Allstar cheerleading without having the pressure of having to be thin too!
What is funny to me though, is the fact that teens wear those hidious hip jeans where their bulges hang over the sides when they are thin to begin with. (Hip jeans make your rear wider and the little skin you have, hang over) And yet these girls don't like crop tops. There's no difference except for the "wide" part that the jeans accentuate. The hip jeans need to go out of style and QUICK!!!!! They are extremly unflattering and are worse than a chunky girl in an extreme crop top!!!!!
As for the crop tops, they are adorable though. As for cheerkinis? Yuk......
I think midriff/crop top as you guys call them are very very cute. In fact you do not have to be skinny to be in one. I would say that most teams that where them have athletic builds versus skinny. Skinny doesn't mean your in shape. I like full top uniforms, but they just remind me of youth/h.s. programs and an all star program to me should set itself apart from the traditional cheer programs. Just my opinion. Many teams where half tops such as top gun, world cup, cheer athletics, california all stars and I think look very good in them.
The problem with the cropped tops is that when the teams perform you look at the team less and more at the girls who are REALLY PALE and the girls who are REALLY SPILLING OVER...
My kid wears a crop-top and looks adorable!!! We don't have a chuncky girl in the bunch and so I guess we are lucky. But that's from the hours of sit ups and crunches. We also only have our advanced team wearing them. Not the younger ones. I do feel for the girls who are quite chuncky and that's all you see when they perform. As for the paleness, well, that's fixed with a bottle of stuff. Plus, I don't ever recall watching a team and thinking, "Dang, that pale girl looks bad in that crop top." Skin color doesn't matter.
There's a difference between chuncky and in shape. We all know that girls who tend to be chuncky but are in shape don't LOOK chuncky. They look muscular and fit and there's the difference. So crop tops are absolutely adorable when the team is in shape. Cheerkinis? I don't think they are used for performing but I am not sure.
which one is better long sleeves or short sleeves? i think the long sleeves look pretty spiffy myself... lol haha no but i think they are pretty tite though.
i think that LONG SLEVES are not only cool but i think it makes the whole squad look more uniform, cause then everyone has long sleves, so i say long sleves, just cause i think the look better! (i think more west coast teams should get them for their guys...)