Personally, I am a woman who is not crazy comfortable without having a lot of my body on show, and I climb better when I'm not worrying about any wobbly bits being in full view. So this post is reflective of that. Above anything, it is important that you can move all of your limbs and that you feel comfortable.
I like to wear a support vest than I can tuck into my leggings, with a looser t-shirt on top. And of course my uber stylish Boreal Jokers, full post on the best beginner climbing shoes here.
Where do I buy my indoor climbing clothes from? I hear you ask...
For cheap and effective leggings and sports bras, Decathlon is brilliant.
For super jazzy leggings Society6 has some amazing ones.
Ivy Park at Topshop or ASOS used to have the best vests with a built in sports bra that I am waiting v impatiently for them to bring back.
T K Maxx sometimes has some hidden gems if you fancy rooting through their hideously put together displays.
Also shout out to my new love Oysho. Very fashun.
For my Midlands massive, you can score a pretty good bargain at the Nike Outlet store at Resorts World. (Just take the train to Birmingham International)
But PLEASE, if you have any recommendations for this shopaholic, please let me know! You can comment on this post, or tweet me @elena_joannides, send me an Instagram DM @elenajoannides, or track me down at uni, or send your answers on a postcard to my PO Box - Miss E S Joannides, haha just kidding I don't have a PO Box, yet...