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What Pole Dancing Actually Does to You (And It's Got Nothing to Do With Tricks)

What Pole Dancing Actually Does to You (And It's Got Nothing to Do With Tricks)

I asked a question on Reddit recently. "What did pole give you that you weren't expecting?" I wasn't prepared for what came back. Over 11,000 people read it. Hundreds responded. And almost none of them talked about fitness gains or...

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As Seen In: RARR Designs in the Press 🌟

As Seen In: RARR Designs in the Press 🌟

When Rachel started RARR Designs from her garage in 2013, she never imagined that just a few years later, the brand would be catching the eye of national media, global press, and some of the most respected industry organisations in...

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How Pole Dancing Changed My Life: The Friends, The Business, and Everything In Between

How Pole Dancing Changed My Life: The Friends, The Business, and Everything In Between

I started pole with my cousin. That's the whole origin story. No grand plan, no fitness goal. Just two people who thought it sounded like fun and decided to give it a go. I had no idea what that one...

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Pole Dancing Through Pregnancy and Back Again: My Honest Story

Pole Dancing Through Pregnancy and Back Again: My Honest Story

I was teaching eleven pole classes a week when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. My first reaction? Devastated. Not about the pregnancy — I was happy about that. But pole was my life. It was...

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Polewear for Real Bodies: Pole Wear That Actually Fits

Polewear for Real Bodies: Pole Wear That Actually Fits

Let's have an honest conversation about pole wear sizing. For too long, activewear — and pole wear especially — was designed for one very specific body type. Small waist, narrow hips, a bust that politely stays put without any structural...

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Boob-Approved Pole Wear: The Honest Guide for Bigger Busts

Boob-Approved Pole Wear: The Honest Guide for Bigger Busts

Let's be honest. If you've got a bigger bust, you've probably spent way too long trying to pole in a top that was absolutely not designed for what you were asking it to do. Falling out mid-invert? Straps sliding off...

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What Actually Happens at a RARR Designs Open Day (And Why You Should Come)

What Actually Happens at a RARR Designs Open Day (And Why You Should Come)

Walking into RARR on an open day feels like stepping into the kind of room you've been quietly looking for.Glittering poles. Racks of brand-new pieces. The smell of coffee. A buzz of people who'd never met each other an hour...

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27 years of designing: what two decades of fittings taught me about pole wear that actually fits

27 years of designing: what two decades of fittings taught me about pole wear that actually fits

I started fashion designing when I was sixteen.I'm forty-three now. Which means I've been cutting patterns, working with stretch, fitting garments on real bodies, and pulling apart my own samples for twenty-seven years. Longer than some of the polers in...

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Why pole shorts? A no-shame guide to skin contact on the pole

Why pole shorts? A no-shame guide to skin contact on the pole

If you've just walked into your first pole class and clocked that everyone — and we mean everyone — is in shorts barely bigger than a pair of bathers, you're not alone in the small wave of oh.It's one of...

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