DARNED SHOES TRY ON

[@willowtdog6449]

It’s absolutely adorable how psyched you are to try them! I love seeing people excited about little details in something they’re passionate about. I hope you enjoyed dancing in them! 💜

[@rocksaltcomando]

Can’t see toe pads without thinking of Mayuh 😂💀

[@Marwa.G.S.]

I'm so hyped about your performance. I wish I could see it irl... May your grace and talent keep on enchanting the audience 🤍🌹🧿

[@arty04]

I like the look with darning them

[@birdfriday]

You feel the difference while turning and in balancing only.

[@sm0ll]

i love darned shoes. it gives me extra confidence en pointe especially when it comes to doing stuff on one leg. it’s not for everyone but it’s pretty awesome

[@MorvaridAkhbari]

I darned my shoes too. It feels really good and comfortable. I am not a professional dancer but it’s suites me 😊

[@sanchikiberry9085]

OMGGG YOU REACHED 100K IM SOO PROUD OF YOU!!! ❤🎉 Keep it up, I love your passion and dedication 😍

[@Life.of.lori.]

Thank you so muchhh😭😭😭🫶🏻♥️♥️

[@22Too]

When I was growing up -- in a ballet studio in Sarasota, Florida -- I and all the other girls in that ballet school darned the tips of our pointe shoes.

[@shmae8842]

You held your leg so still while the camera focused on your toe 👏👏👏

[@KateCarew]

Such beautiful articulation of the foot. Sheesh ❤

[@mickosmile850]

When we had to darn our pointe shoes when I was younger, we had to darn the whole pointe tip.

[@user-vx1nu9jh7t]

Reminiscent of Tandra Quinn 's movie dancing

[@ImmortalHDizzle]

gosh your shoes always look so gorgeous on you ❤ congrats on reaching 100k subs!!! 🎉 I hope you have a truly wonderful performance 🤍🖤

[@traciprovins3221]

How is your sliced toe?? Could def use super glue. Basically the same as what we use in lieu of sutures

[@tedmonty2236]

I use dental floss to darn my shoes😂

[@inthegrass11]

that's really interesting, because that's what a lot of punks use to sew patches onto battle jackets/trousers! it's much cheaper and stronger than sewing floss

[@tedmonty2236]

@@inthegrass11I don’t understand what you are trying to say?

[@inthegrass11]

@@tedmonty2236 I just think it's interesting how using dental floss for sewing is a thing in lots of different places and hobbies

[@KateCarew]

@@tedmonty2236they’re just saying that dental floss is universally loved as a durable sewing material option. It holds up well.

[@rinaantler4790]

Maybe you could put on a darn shoe on one foot and a normal shoe on the other foot to see which one is better. 🤔

[@kballet2001]

It would be too uneven

[@KateCarew]

That’s actually not a great idea, that could potentially affect balance and stability. Lori is professional but generally you want your feet to feel as similar as possible so movements come naturally versus having to think and compensate for differences.

[@Abigail30880]

I’ve been wondering what thread you use to darn your pointe shoes

[@a-10warthog23]

Do turns feel the same in your darned shoes?

[@user-kx2zu5cl5k]

Балерину ноги кормят 😊

[@spunkysparks1779]

You should draw happy faces on the end of the toe box. 😂

[@leahyvonne1572]

Would this maybe make more of a difference for shoes with teensy platforms? Or is it purely personal prefrence?

[@catara.]

It's a personal preference, but if you're a pro student you shouldn't done it.

[@shereesmazik5030]

It reminds me of the time I went to see Anna Pavlova’s pointe shoes at the Newberry Library in Chicago . They were amazing. I wonder how you would like them if you could dance in them ?

[@sofiah44]

i’d say it would because you can use it to create more surface area and a flatter tip of the shoe, which makes it much easier to balance (in my experience)

[@adventuresofdouglasandwall1553]

You can use beeswax on the thread and a lite in the centre of the tip

[@acat1130]

Imagine if the translation was right and a ballerina was so hardcore that she "never worn darn shoes for a performance before." 😂

[@Dark_Green530]

Cool

[@DawnSaleh]

Does it negatively affect turns?

[@ThatWeirdo04]

It’s going to add more friction during turns, which could be either positive or negative depending on the individual dancer

[@janicewebber5584]

Ballet is so ghastly for feet! I'd never let my kid take Ballet!😢

[@KateCarew]

That’s too bad, it’s really great for kids. There’s a lot of built in discipline and structure. People who do ballet are often successful at other things in life because they learned so many valuable lessons during their training. You learn how to accept criticism, how to push yourself to maximize potential, how to cooperate, how to function within a group to achieve a common goal, I mean…there’s a LOT. However, if your child hates it after a year it’s not a good fit. But I do think it’s an excellent skill to try for all kids. They learn to listen, and be respectful as well. Ballet teachers aren’t just teaching plies and pirouettes…they teach manners inadvertently because ballet requires a certain politeness. Any artistic discipline tends to have the same outcome though, but with music classes there’s not as much of a team dynamic. Tap classes are pretty structured as well but there’s not as much emphasis on decorum. I just know a LOT of former dancers and for the most part there’s a streak of wanting to do the best, getting along with others, and having a balanced ego that I see. You get humbled enough and have to get back up and dance you develop a sense of self without being cocky, it’s a nice disposition.

[@TaliaHarding]

Although I do agree in that pointe shoes are damaging to feet, you can have a lot of fun with ballet without ever going on pointe. I started ballet when I was a toddler , and I only got my first pair of pointe shoes a few months ago, almost twelve years later. Ballet has been such an amazing experience for me, and has really built up my flexibility and strength, as well as my discipline and work ethic. It’s also just so much fun and a great activity to do casually!

[@lisetteperdomo4643]

​@@KateCarewWow !!!!! You hit it right on "Point" 💐 Not to mention the beautiful music we learn while perfectioning our passion 🩰🩰🩰🩰

[@VIBE_withSKYYY]

What’s the difference?

[@jessicamarinelli513]

Ogni quanto cambiate scarpette?

[@ElectricAwen]

Dipende da ballerina a ballerina (e da scarpetta a scarpetta)

[@foofieviolet]

In this you say Wlliam Carrey's wife was 13, but I paused and read the article and it says she was "6 years his SENIOR", making her 6 years older than him, making her 25. At that time in England 13 would have been odd. The marriage act of 1753 made the age of marriage 21, any younger and you needed parental consent (I'm looking up right now what the minimum age was with parental consent, but my guess was it was at the lowest 12-14, as previously it had been 12 for girls and 14 for boys without parental consent. Back then the age of majority was 21. So even before 1753 it would have been an underage marriage). So William Carrey needed parental permission from HIS parents to marry his wife, who was over 21.

[@phylsphylver]

wtf are you talking about

[@Inlinetodie]

...why do they smell so bad, do they just give one pair? Whenever you walk into a Ballerina training area, it smells like stinky feet, just as bad a boys hockey bag

[@KateCarew]

I mean, feet do sweat, and this is an intense sport. So yes, ballet shoes will collect an odor. You replace them as needed, and since they’re around $100 a pair you can’t just discard them unless they’re dead. Most shoes are made of wooden supports so washing isn’t an option. There is a brand gaynor minden that has a plastic shank and “can” be washed but the adhesives still break down so it’s not really advised. It’s just part of the deal. That’s why you shower afterwards.

[@Inlinetodie]

@@KateCarew I wonder if it's material they're made of, I didn't know feet sweat, I'm indigenous, we don't have foot sweat, it's part of our blood line, that's one reason we can hunt, on foot, for months on end and we can run for days straight