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Girl Parkour Clothes?
« on: December 10, 2010, 07:45:40 AM »
Any good sites for girls clothes or do you guys just order all the boys stuff in smaller sizes?
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 06:35:08 PM »
I get a few things from here http://girlparkour.spreadshirt.com/ i really like the sweats :)
I also just buy plain fitted t-shirts and print my own designs, as well as sometimes i get APK shirts in small.
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 07:05:44 PM »
Quote from: Ashley 'Ashy' McC on December 10, 2010, 06:59:55 PM
I totally forgot about Girl PK.

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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 05:49:49 PM »
I wear mens clothes, girls stuff tends to be tight and while they may be cute and quite flattering, ... not so easy to move in.  however the issue I find with mens clothes is bouncing boobies, so I wear two bras (regular and sports) and yeah, mens pk stuff for me
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011, 10:58:35 PM »
Quote from: PicturesOnTheWall on January 05, 2011, 09:14:58 PM
since it is wrong for women to wear anything but dresses, coming down to ankle length of course, i think dresses are in order


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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 07:32:17 AM »
What would girls like to see? We have had styles and sizes for girls before and unfortunately ended up giving most of it away at Primal since girls simply weren't buying stuff. We'd be happy to have girls in APK gear!! So what do you want?
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2011, 07:40:49 AM »
Quote from: Corndogg on January 05, 2011, 10:58:35 PM

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Do you often train in women's shirts? Do you prefer men's shirts? Would you want an entirely new measurement for women's clothing that would be more conducive to training?
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2011, 07:50:50 AM »
Quote from: M2. on January 06, 2011, 07:32:17 AM
What would girls like to see? We have had styles and sizes for girls before and unfortunately ended up giving most of it away at Primal since girls simply weren't buying stuff. We'd be happy to have girls in APK gear!! So what do you want?
Thanks!

if you can find em, girls' shirts with longer sleeves (cause those short little cappy things bunch up and get really annoying
also, when it comes to design, I tend to hate things specifically for girls.  Just because I have boobs doesnt mean I like pink shirts.  Okay I do, but I'd like to see the same logos and graphics on the tighter fit tees.

Also on training tees:
I could find measurements but based on what I've gotten from Take Flight, it'd be something like a women's medium would have the length of a men's medium tee, but the width of a men's small.  Unless you're a total beast, we tend to have smaller shoulders than guys =P

Quote from: PicturesOnTheWall on January 05, 2011, 09:14:58 PM
since it is wrong for women to wear anything but dresses, coming down to ankle length of course, i think dresses are in order
go watch one of my videos; I was in fact training in a tea length dress =P
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2011, 03:34:02 PM »
Quote from: M2. on January 06, 2011, 07:32:17 AM
What would girls like to see? We have had styles and sizes for girls before and unfortunately ended up giving most of it away at Primal since girls simply weren't buying stuff. We'd be happy to have girls in APK gear!! So what do you want?
Thanks!

I like loose, not really baggy, longer sleeves than the dinky sleeves that only cover your shoulders. I really don't prefer the tighter fit tees but I do like to wear them sometimes. But I say keep the same logos/graphics instead of really girly designs. And give a range of colors instead of pink, baby blue, or random girly color, with the exception of hot/neon pink, because that color is beast IMO.

Quote from: Ryan Nicolai on January 06, 2011, 07:40:49 AM
Do you often train in women's shirts? Do you prefer men's shirts? Would you want an entirely new measurement for women's clothing that would be more conducive to training?

I train in men's shirts because they are looser and more comfortable.

So something like what Kendy said:

Quote from: Kendy on January 06, 2011, 07:50:50 AM
I could find measurements but based on what I've gotten from Take Flight, it'd be something like a women's medium would have the length of a men's medium tee, but the width of a men's small.  Unless you're a total beast, we tend to have smaller shoulders than guys

But in the varying sizes because not all ladies are tiny.
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2011, 01:14:28 PM »
I train in yoga pants, a tank top, and a zip up hoodie.  Id love to rep any of that thats APK!  Guys stuff just usually doesnt fit me thats all.  I know a lot of people like looser clothing, but sometimes I feel like Im swimming in it.  I wear snugger clothes that I dont have to worry about readjusting with sleeve rolling or hiking up the pants if theyre longer, etc.  Just me though, if the overall vote is for looser clothing then definately go with that so it gets purchased! haha
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2011, 10:26:51 PM »
Or we could find something that's in between snug and loose, make compromise of sorts. ;) Unless APK would make looser fitting things for some of that like it that way or snugger for others that like it that way. *shrug*
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2011, 05:41:34 AM »
Quote from: Ashley McC on January 08, 2011, 10:26:51 PM
Or we could find something that's in between snug and loose, make compromise of sorts. ;) Unless APK would make looser fitting things for some of that like it that way or snugger for others that like it that way. *shrug*

kinda like compression shirts?
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2011, 03:49:39 PM »
Quote from: Kendy on January 09, 2011, 05:41:34 AM
kinda like compression shirts?

I have no idea what those are honestly.
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2011, 07:59:57 PM »
I like things baggy, and being I'm a big girl, I tend to have to go into men's stuff anyway if there isn't larger than an XL for women (I can do some men's XLs).   The problem is that clothes seem to be longer the bigger size they are, and at 4'10" t-shirts always go down to at least my elbows and knees.  There seems to be a good portion of us that are on the short side; I think if you could find a balance that isn't the weird, cap tiny sleeves of women stuff nor the wide shoulder, really long t-shirt sleeve of a guy's shirt, you'd have a winner. 

I also don't get why they always have to be in pink.  I personally hate pink.  Why not some purple?  It's a girly color (and doesn't make my eyes bleed).  Or blues, greens, whatever.  I do like that the Traceuse shirt you offer, and felt bad about all the nasty thoughts I had when I saw the picture and thought it only came in pink.  Thank you for giving non-pink options.

How about a Traceuse hoodie?  I'd probably buy that before a t-shirt, personally.  (Assuming it fit, obviously.  Though I get I'm not average and fully understand and respect why you wouldn't bother making/stocking plus sizes.  Just saying if I had the option, I'd like a hoodie.) 
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2011, 09:15:27 AM »
I'm also not a fan of super tight clothing. Both shirts and sweatpants.

What's frustrating to me is that most girl's sweatpants are very clingy so I tend to buy guy's sweat pants for training. The only problem then is that they are normally super long on me and I have to roll them about 3 times and sometimes they still end up on the ground, which can be problematic especially when you are trying to balance on something. I'm average height for girls, about 5'4"/5'5".

Also, loose fitting shirts are nice. Most girl's shirts are fitted tight as well, so I end up buying my shirts a size up so it can be loose on me, which can be annoying. Plus girl's shirts tend to have really short sleeves and tight shoulders which sometimes don't fit very well when you have some muscle. It's not like clothes don't fit, but I just don't like feeling constricted when training/exercising. It's not like I want them to be huge, just a bit looser.

Thanks for reading all of this and listening to our opinions APK  ;D.
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2011, 09:22:24 AM »
Current roundup of opinions (things not currently offered by the apk store):

Shirts:
Looser tees, NO SHORT CAP SLEEVES, Tank Tops (female beaters), less of the girly girl designs

Pants:
Regular sweats, but shorter legs than guy sweats (girl sweats?), smaller waistband

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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2011, 03:45:38 PM »
Quote from: Kendy on January 13, 2011, 09:22:24 AM
Current roundup of opinions (things not currently offered by the apk store):

Shirts:
Looser tees, NO SHORT CAP SLEEVES, Tank Tops (female beaters), less of the girly girl designs

Pants:
Regular sweats, but shorter legs than guy sweats (girl sweats?), smaller waistband

That's pretty much it. Unless there is anything we can think of.

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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2011, 05:56:12 PM »
No making the sweat deliberately tight around the rear area... (Maybe that's just my personal preference.)
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2011, 06:28:15 PM »
Quote from: Kendy on January 13, 2011, 09:22:24 AM
Current roundup of opinions (things not currently offered by the apk store):

Shirts:
Looser tees, NO SHORT CAP SLEEVES, Tank Tops (female beaters), less of the girly girl designs

Pants:
Regular sweats, but shorter legs than guy sweats (girl sweats?), smaller waistband


I agree with this.
I'm shorter, so not having the bottoms dragging on the ground or having to roll them up all of the time would be nice. :P
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Re: Girl Parkour Clothes?
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2011, 07:51:12 PM »
Quote from: Anias Zig Zag Reed on January 13, 2011, 05:56:12 PM
No making the sweat deliberately tight around the rear area... (Maybe that's just my personal preference.)

I agree.
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