Friday, December 4, 2009

Pointe shoe quiz 12-03-09


Who is the maker of this dancer’s shoes?

Anyone who is interested can participate, so please give this quiz a try.

6 comments:

  1. Comparing a DDS image to the photo, it looks like a Bloch Aspiration.

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  2. Hi Eric, Sorry, they are not Bloch shoes. Did you click on the image to enlarge it? The bottoms of the shoes in the current quiz look very different than Aspiration. Please try again

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  3. I did blow up the picture, but I guess I didn't see the shoes well enough. Looking again, I see there are no pleats at the platform near the sole. They're Gaynors.

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  4. Yes Eric, you're right! The shoes unique toe-box construction, with its lack of pleats or feathers on the underside of the platform and the typical GM sole wear pattern that is beginning to appear make them easy to identify. The maker is Gaynor Minden.

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  5. Yea Eric good job! Also the two parrell lines on the sole is a dead give away. I never seen Gaynors with a 3/4 sole before . Also I think it is very sexy that the dancer is makeing love to a hoofed animal the very minded idea of a ballerina (the hoofed animal). It is too bad they don't show if the man is wearing points too. eventhough he normally wears the ballet costume caricature boot slipper type

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