Took myself to the ballet shop on Sunday and told the nice shop man I needed a new pair of soft ballet shoes. He has me take off my socks and shoes and asks if I want full sole or split sole. My recently ruined pair were split sole, but my all important internet research tells me beginners really ought to have full sole, better contact with the floor, helps develop foot muscles, etc etc. So I got for full sole. He takes a look at my feet and wanders off, grabs one pair of shoes, hands them to me.
The first thing I notice is they're so small! I've got small feet (UK 4, US 6) but goodness me, these are wee! While my other ones weighed in at a UK5, these were a child like UK 3.5. I slip the shoes on and they fit, my toes are where they're supposed to be, just a light adjustment of the drawstrings and I'm ready.
I'm trying to look like I know what I'm doing, by flexing my foot and tell the shop owner I'm very happy with these.
So I walk out with a new pair of Bloch full sole, soft ballet slippers with the added bonus of already having the elastics sewn on, as already demonstrated, my sewing skills are shite.
Hi Margaret,
ReplyDeleteI have the same street shoe size as you, and I wear UK size 3 ballet slippers. My teenage classmates wear much bigger sizes than me, though I'm at least 10 years older than them. :)