With numerous online stores selling poodle skirts and 50’s hip hop outfits, how can you know if you’re getting the best quality poodle skirt at the best price? As with all apparel, the cost is not the only factor to consider, especially if you think you’re going to wear it more than once.

Here are 5 things to look for:

Drawstring

Pretty much all poodle skirts have elastic waistbands, but I only know of one poodle skirt store that also makes them with a drawstring. See, poodle skirts are made with a heavy fabric, usually felt. The drawstring ensures that no matter what size you are and no matter how tight or loose the small, medium or large skirt might fit on you, the skirt will not slip off as you’re twirling to your favorite bebop 50’s song. You can also leave the drawstring untied until you are ready to start dancing, then untie it after you are done dancing. Who wants that kind of embarrassment on the dance floor?

Or if you have small children who tend to tug at you, you know it’s not that hard for them to pull down pants or skirts with only elastic waistbands. It’s happened to me plenty of times when I’m wearing sweats. Fortunately, that was inside the house. One friend told me that her child depantsed her at the grocery store. Yikes!

Seller Experience and Reputation

Would you rather buy a poodle skirt from a place that has sold to 100 customers or 10,000? Would you prefer a merchant who has been selling online for 5 months or 5 years? Yeah, me too. That’s why I like to buy my 50’s outfits from the original online hip hop shop. Experience and stability make a difference.

Free Shipping

Let’s face it. No one likes to pay for shipping. So if you can save on shipping costs, then by all means. The hip hop shop I like offers free shipping with the purchase of your full poodle skirt outfit.

Quick Shipping

You don’t want to have to wait weeks before getting the outfit you purchased, especially if you have that 50’s party coming up next week. So be sure to buy your poodle skirt from a place that ships within two days of receiving payment.

Quality

As long as you have decent quality material and seamstressing, you’ll be fine when it comes to poodle skirts. If you’re the kind of woman that must have top quality everything, then I suspect you’re a woman that can afford top quality everything. Lucky you. But for the rest of us, we just need to make sure we don’t end up with an outfit that falls apart after one or two wearings.

So how can you really know the quality of the poodle skirt you want to buy if you’ve never purchased from them? Truth is, you can’t. You have to rely on others who have to tell you. That’s why I’m telling you to buy outfits that are good quality. Truth is, they’re not the high-end stuff, but then you don’t have to pay high end prices. So rest assured that you’ll be getting quality skirts and outfits from them.