KelpieBlossom is not happy because I bought her a new pair of ballet shoes.
She loves the pair in the top of the picture because "they help me to point my feet better". Problem is they are a size too small, and the colour is all scuffed off beyond the point that any calamine lotion or shoe paint can rectify - and she has her ballet exam in two weeks.
So we had new ones fitted, not with growing room, but to "exam" specs. I then had to sew the elastics in.
This is not a 5 minute job. We know from experience the importance of well sewn in elastics/ribbons. Five minutes before walking out on stage before a ballet eisteddfod in July a ribbon popped off her shoe...
This is not a 5 minute job. We know from experience the importance of well sewn in elastics/ribbons. Five minutes before walking out on stage before a ballet eisteddfod in July a ribbon popped off her shoe...
4 comments:
I've always wondered why ballet shoes don't all come with presewn elastic? Why is that? Being the super-ballet-mum that you are, I'm sure you know the answer.
It's the law of the-more-you-pay-the-less-you-get. The more you pay for ballet shoes, the more you have to sew on. At least the elastic was supplied with these ones. If I needed ribbons I would've had to pay extra.
This comment is for the piccy of your feet/footwear - very nice!
looks so cute....iam bored wearing my nike shoes for a decade and i wanna try this shoe atleast once...
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