Pointe Perfection

This week’s Leotard of the Week was chosen by Layla.

Perfect for the spring/summer term, Layla would style it with the matching skirt and ballet shoes for the ultimate classical ballet look.

Meg has been a customer of ours since her very first pair of pointe shoes. Now training at the prestigious Northern Ballet School, she has access to some incredible fitters up North, including our lovely friends 

Posé recently fitted Meg in a pair of Merlet pointe shoes that she absolutely loves. As they feature a synthetic shank, she also wanted a more traditional shoe to work alongside them in training.

A huge fan of a softer shoe, Meg naturally gravitates towards flexibility and easy roll through. However, with her current training load, strength and the realities of pointe shoe longevity and budget, we explored slightly harder options that would better support her technique, durability and progression long term. The jury is still out on these ones.

A beautiful transformation on Anna.

Her previous shoes were restricting her ability to fully push over the platform, creating unnecessary strain through the ankles and making it difficult to achieve correct alignment.

In her new shoes she is beautifully centred over the platform and correctly aligned, creating a much more lifted, supported and elegant line en pointe.

East Oxford School of Ballet