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It's OK to Buy Pointe Shoes Online! - InfoBarrel I chance a website selling pointe shoes, and I cop a lot of flack from ballet teachers who say that's wrong, because students shouldn't buy pointe shoes without having a personal fitting.That statement is so out of touch with reality, it isn't funny.I agree that in an ideal world, every student will be expertly fitted should they buy new pointe shoes, from the time they start en pointe until their early twenties. If we're able to implement that practice, we could dramatically reduce discomfort, pain, bunions and foot injuries. But it isn't realistic, because there simply aren't enough pointe shoe fitters on earth. There aren't even enough ballet shops so they can work in!I speak from experience. When I was a youngster, I lived in a serious town, ranking in the top five towns in Scotland. Even so, the area dance shop didn't stock pointe shoes. To get my first pointe shoes, I went along to the shop, they drew a pencil outline of my foot, noted my shoe size and mailed off of the order. A week or so later I got a set of pointe shoes from Freed. No attempting to use the shoes on inside shop or advising me whether they fitted – I just had to learn to live with them!Ah, you say, but that was within the dark ages – there are far more dance shops around now. I thought so too, but merely last week I got an email from a student in Australia. She lives in the large town too, of varied hundred thousand people – but nonetheless, her local dance shop doesn't stock pointe shoes. Her story sounded so familiar – whatever you do is go to a shop, they consult a size chart and send an order off to Bloch.If a girl living in a large city can't find a dance store that provides proper pointe shoe fittings, what about all the students who live in the country? There should be millions of girls around for whom traversing to a ballet store is entirely impractical – pointe shoes are expensive enough, without expecting your mother to take you numerous miles for the nearest shop!So, given there has to be so many dancers available who have no choice but to purchase pointe shoes online or by mail, it's wise to provide the maximum amount of information as you can, to allow them to make the best possible decision in the circumstances. And it is precisely what I've got down to do. |