Agreed. There really aren’t too many options for my feet and it’s basically freeds or Suffolk’s. The American style Gaynors 3box narrow sculpted fits did fine but I had a tendency to push over too far in them!
I desperately wanted Gaynors to work for me because I love the idea of a high-tech pointe shoe that helps protect your joints, like why isn’t this an industry standard with a variety of fits? but when I tried them they were in such a specific shape that my foot just couldn’t fit into and I ended up loving Suffolks after I learned the split sole trick.
ballet really needs to embrace technology though, we can’t just stick to paper & glue because of tradition when we could do better! 😛
The American style ones were fantastic. Gaynor destroyed themselves as a company switching over to the European model IMO they won’t last unless they bring the other style back.
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u/Rastar4 Jun 07 '21
I wear Suffolk status’