A new pair of Glissé ES the style I’m using as bed shoes
Bed shoes: There has been a lot of recent interest from readers with questions about my use of pointes as ‘bed-shoes’ so I thought I’d repost an entry about them from Anya’s blog on Yahoo 360 – she gave me her archive - since she got the idea for bed-shoes from me and we have both ended up using Glisse ES as bed shoes.
Glissé ES as bed shoes: I have been trying various changes in my bed shoes to extend my options for ‘the look’ and the life of my shoes. I’m trialing the Glissé ES which has a hard shank. [See the image of a new pair of my Glissé ES pointes above] While in Missionary the shoes provide support when a lover is between my legs and my feet are pointed, knees flexed and the platforms are pressed into the mattress. That way I can get another 5 or 6 inches of leverage for my pelvic thrusts. But, in that position I’m ‘sitting in my shoes’ (my weight is on my heels) and that causes regular Glissé shanks break very easily. Of course while doing pelvic thrusts beneath a man there is no way for a woman in pointes to get her weight off her heels so strong shanks will extend the life of bed shoes significantly. As far as ‘the look’ is concerned what I’m trying is to coat the untrimmed satin of the platforms with two coats of a good transparent rubber cement. The first coat soaks into the satin fabric and forms a solid base and the second coat bonds to the first to give a transparent high-traction surface for use on high thread count bed linens. The advantage is that the bed shoes look like new with lovely unblemished satin covered platforms and feathers rather than being worn and somewhat ragged. Another nice thing about Glissé soles is that the highly buffed leather absorbs a partner’s sweat and the sweat moistened leather becomes wonderfully slippery on his skin
My March 1st pointe shoe quiz: That quiz drew a lot of interest and several questions which I’ve answered in comments or on YIM. But I want to post the answers again where readers can see them because I think they provide insight into who I am.
Paul was surprised that I wear Capezio Aerial pointes which are a student’s shoe. My reply was that I haven’t really changed. I perform in SMU Freed Classics and use Capezio Glisse as bed-shoes and Gaynors for extended interval pointe-sex encounters as well as for business meetings when I like the support the pre-arched and nearly unbreakable shanks give me. The red leather Aerials used in the quiz are SMU with a shorter shank and outer sole rather than having a standard length shank three-quartered. I got them to see what they would be like. They are nice and I love the red leather, (I got a pair in black too!) but I don’t think I would do it again! I like to try different makers and styles of shoes w/o switching for serious performing or intense sex where I need the support that Gaynors can provide.
Eric asked if those are my feet in the red shoes: Eric has a good eye. The answer is that those are Taryn’s feet in my shoes and the shoes are a bit too large for her. She is taller and heavier than I am, but has smaller feet! Sigh! Well, the good news is that larger feet are better for pointework as they can support the dancer better and more comfortably for longer intervals. I take comfort that George Balanchine (A pointe fetishist if there ever was one) liked dancers with big feet, saying large feet made a woman’s pointework more ‘juicy’. So I think of myself as having ‘juicy’ feet for my size.
Bed shoes: There has been a lot of recent interest from readers with questions about my use of pointes as ‘bed-shoes’ so I thought I’d repost an entry about them from Anya’s blog on Yahoo 360 – she gave me her archive - since she got the idea for bed-shoes from me and we have both ended up using Glisse ES as bed shoes.
Glissé ES as bed shoes: I have been trying various changes in my bed shoes to extend my options for ‘the look’ and the life of my shoes. I’m trialing the Glissé ES which has a hard shank. [See the image of a new pair of my Glissé ES pointes above] While in Missionary the shoes provide support when a lover is between my legs and my feet are pointed, knees flexed and the platforms are pressed into the mattress. That way I can get another 5 or 6 inches of leverage for my pelvic thrusts. But, in that position I’m ‘sitting in my shoes’ (my weight is on my heels) and that causes regular Glissé shanks break very easily. Of course while doing pelvic thrusts beneath a man there is no way for a woman in pointes to get her weight off her heels so strong shanks will extend the life of bed shoes significantly. As far as ‘the look’ is concerned what I’m trying is to coat the untrimmed satin of the platforms with two coats of a good transparent rubber cement. The first coat soaks into the satin fabric and forms a solid base and the second coat bonds to the first to give a transparent high-traction surface for use on high thread count bed linens. The advantage is that the bed shoes look like new with lovely unblemished satin covered platforms and feathers rather than being worn and somewhat ragged. Another nice thing about Glissé soles is that the highly buffed leather absorbs a partner’s sweat and the sweat moistened leather becomes wonderfully slippery on his skin
My March 1st pointe shoe quiz: That quiz drew a lot of interest and several questions which I’ve answered in comments or on YIM. But I want to post the answers again where readers can see them because I think they provide insight into who I am.
Paul was surprised that I wear Capezio Aerial pointes which are a student’s shoe. My reply was that I haven’t really changed. I perform in SMU Freed Classics and use Capezio Glisse as bed-shoes and Gaynors for extended interval pointe-sex encounters as well as for business meetings when I like the support the pre-arched and nearly unbreakable shanks give me. The red leather Aerials used in the quiz are SMU with a shorter shank and outer sole rather than having a standard length shank three-quartered. I got them to see what they would be like. They are nice and I love the red leather, (I got a pair in black too!) but I don’t think I would do it again! I like to try different makers and styles of shoes w/o switching for serious performing or intense sex where I need the support that Gaynors can provide.
Eric asked if those are my feet in the red shoes: Eric has a good eye. The answer is that those are Taryn’s feet in my shoes and the shoes are a bit too large for her. She is taller and heavier than I am, but has smaller feet! Sigh! Well, the good news is that larger feet are better for pointework as they can support the dancer better and more comfortably for longer intervals. I take comfort that George Balanchine (A pointe fetishist if there ever was one) liked dancers with big feet, saying large feet made a woman’s pointework more ‘juicy’. So I think of myself as having ‘juicy’ feet for my size.
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