When I first started pole dancing in 2013, most people were wearing volleyball knee pads, if they were wearing knee pads at all. Just the idea of wearing knee pads wasn’t cool. The more obsessed I became with pole dance, the more I realized I needed easy to use knee pads that were going to protect my knees and, ultimately, my longevity as a pole dancer. And those knee pads needed to be sleek and sexy too.

Bee’s Knees was conceived in January of 2018 when I designed and made my first prototype. With the help of a local cut and sew manufacturer, I tested and revised 10 different samples-- using the feedback of actual pole dancers-- until I got it just right. The first pair of Bee’s Knees Knee Pads came screaming into the world in October just 9 months later. Bee’s Knees Knee Pads boast the most features in a single pair of knee pads, and they are my pride and joy.

The response to my knee pads was overwhelmingly positive, and I continued adding new colors and patterns. In fact, Bee’s Knees was the first to offer multiple skin tones in 2019. Other brands have followed suit, but Bee’s Knees will always be the first. Then, polers began asking me for more products made for pole. I took the same energy and passion that went into Bee’s Knees Knee Pads and poured it into the Pole Instructor Planbook, the Ultimate Pole Goal Notebook, the Pole Bag Pro and Mini, and the Floorwork Shrug.

Armed with a robust line up of pole dance essentials, I decided 2023 was the year to redesign the product that started it all. Five years worth of feedback about quality, fit, comfort, sizing, you name it, went into the 2.0 design of Bee’s Knees Knee Pads– feedback that came from pole dancers like you. The result is a pole dance knee pad that’s designed for pole dance and the people who do it.

Fresh off a rebrand inspired by my love of all things retro (especially Harvest Gold and Avocado Green kitchen appliances), Bee’s Knees is on a mission to be recognized nationwide as the premier brand for well made, thoughtfully designed, pole dance essentials. I’m so glad you’re here, and I hope you like what you see because everything here was made for pole, and made for you.