Sunday, 9 August 2015

How To Choose Ballroom Dance Shoes- Continue

Sizes

Ballroom Dance by []NEEL[], via Flickr

Dance shoes are typically made and sold in European sizes, which are generally 1.5 sizes smaller than American sizes. This is not always true, so check size charts carefully if you're doing ordering online.

Maintaining Your Dance Shoes

Tiny stones, like ss16, ss12, ss10 look best on shoes!

Heels protector perform three important tasks, they protect the floor, they give you more traction, and they protect the heels of your shoes. The little heels tips on your shoes wear out quickly, and replacing them will cost $5 or more. When they wear out, they expose the nails that attached them to the shoes. Plastics heels protector will prolong the life of your shoes ( and your investment ).

Very Fine Men's Salsa Ballroom Tango Latin Dance Shoes

Shoes brush- Suede soles lose their naps after the couple of mouth ( more often if you wear them outside of the ballroom ). Buy a steel- bristled shoe brush with a handle to refresh the nap in your shoes. These are available at dance shoes vendors, or you can buy a steels " file brush " from a hardware store ( the kind that used to clean the grit out of the files ). Be sure to get the handle with a good grip, to prevent damage to your skin from contact with sharp bristles.

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Scotchguard- Ladies, if you buy satin shoes, used some SCOTCH GUARD or other fabric protector on them before you wear them. They are very difficult to clean after they are getting dirty.

By Felicia

1 comment:

  1. Wow nice collection in this site,There are different designs of these shoes out there. So you need to pay attention to the style used. There is the; traditional ankle shoes, the t-strapped shoes, x-strapped shoe around the angle just to mention a fewLatin Dance Shoes

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