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Reply With QuoteAnd if you find out please let me know because I'd like some too!
Inspired by tales of lovely new dance shoes from Lynn... I am desperate to hang up my old pair and get a new pair of sparklers for myself!
However, I have a problem. I have been a veggie for 22 years, and I don't wear leather either. Most dance shoes seem to have leather or satin uppers, and kid soles. I tend to wear dresses and skirts, so favour the classic shoe shape, rather than a sports-shoe look.
In addition - being a frivilous sort of girlie- I favour at least a 2" heel, and am drawn like a magpie to spangles and glitter.
Can anyone help with any suggestions of where I might find suitable shoes?
And if you find out please let me know because I'd like some too!
The only ones i can think of are RAD cuban heel syllabis shoes. The are canvas and suade soles. They are about £17-20 depending on size and at that price you can add sparkles, other than that i dont have any idea.
see here http://www.totaldance.co.uk/catalog/...roducts_id/226
Last edited by drathzel; 21st-June-2005 at 03:12 PM.
I took a look....but sadly they have suede soles
Thanks for helping though!
is suede part of an animal?Originally Posted by DangerousCurves
I took a look....but sadly they have suede soles
Thanks for helping though!
I know www.dancia.co.uk do a resin sole, but i dont know if they use leather uppers, worth a look tho
or i think you can get cheaper dance shoes with a PU upper and sole, not sure where tho
Last edited by drathzel; 21st-June-2005 at 03:33 PM.
Sadly yes, its a way of treating leather to make it soft and "fluffy" rather than shiny.
Will take a look at Dancia - thanks....
(methinks I have found a fellow shoe fanatic - I just brought back 12 pairs from America, sadly none suitable for dance)
Last edited by DangerousCurves; 21st-June-2005 at 03:33 PM. Reason: fingers being faster than brain!
Sadly yes, its a way of treating leather to make it soft and "fluffy" rather than shiny.
Will take a look at Dancia - thanks....
(methinks I have found a fellow shoe fanatic - I just brought back 12 pairs from America, sadly none suitable for dance
fanatic, me......... yup!!!
Did you read the comment about pu uppers and soles?
Thank god for editing posts id have posted about six already adding things on
Pu uppers and soles sound good - If anyone knows where????
Woman on a mission now......
Proper suede is actually the reverse side of the animal hide. The back of a piece of real suede should look shiny and leathery. You can also get nubuck, which is leather with the shiny surface sanded off in a big sanding machine.
AHHHH! I bow to the acknowledged expert!
...you can tell I haven't had my hands on a decent bit of leather in a long time!
You could try Heavenly dance Shoes. They make up shoes to your own spec. Not sure of the web address, but you will probably find it if you do a Google search.......Mrs DD has at least two pairs she got from Heavenly, and you can choose size & type of heel, type of sole etc
www.heavenlydanceshoes.co.uk
Unfortunately I think they only do leather or suede soles, but you can always ask them if they do synthetic??
LM
http://www.heavenlydanceshoes.com/
I have one pair, they are fab....... not sure what soles they can give you but if DD and Mrs DD recommend them then its worth taking a look
Thanks folks!
Will check out Heavenly tomorrow and report back!
Have had a chat with the lovely people at Heavenly shoes, who were very informative.... but sadly they only make shoes with leather/suede soles
I'd been lusting after their designs on the web-site all last night too! I'd say anyone without leather hang-ups would do well to take a peek, especially if they have a few pennies to spend!
So - the hunt goes on....
I've had a suggestion that I should buy some wedding shoes, with satin uppers and resin soles - and dye them black.
The only problem is that I did this a couple of years ago - and for the first three weeks it was great and the soles were suitably slippy/spinny, then I went dancing at a place with a very dirty floor with some wet patches, and shortly afterwards the slippy coating on my shoes seemed to just disappear. I'm not sure whether they just had a shelf life of 3 weeks, or whether the bad floor killed them off.
Has anyone else had any experience of such shoes... and if so, did they last longer than my pair did?
Any advice much appreciated
Resurrecting this thread because I just came across a magazine article about
'vegan shoes'...
BeyondSkin make eco friendly, but stylish shoes. Their website looks great DC. (Perhaps you had already heard of them)
www.beyondskin.co.uk
Foxy
Did you get a pair DC?
Still on the trail of non-leather shoes....
The best solution I have found so far is the KATRINA range by KATZ. These are from their wedding range, rather than their dance range. They have white/cream satin uppers - many with sparkly crystals (
) - which can be dyed to other colours.
Since Katz make great dance shoes, you can pick a design with good heel support, and a variety of heel heights are available. You can get the shoes at Felix (www.felixdancewear.co.uk) - though they don't take the range to dance weekenders etc, as they are not dance shoes per se. You can also get them at wedding shops (look out for end of season sales... got a bargain pair a couple of weeks ago when I was supposed to be helping a good friend pick a wedding dress....
I have also heard a rumour that BLOCH plan to bring out a heeled dance shoe with non-leather uppers and sole - but have not been able to find any examples. If anyone has a hot lead, I would be delighted to hear it....
... and I did take a look at the link to Beyondskin... beautiful shoes.... but sadly Beyondbudget!
I just found a mention of Capezio in an article on veggie shoes - but it may be the dance trainers.
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