pointe shoe fitter FITS HERSELF

[@evelyncollins7]

Josephine the literal pointe shoe bunny.

[@justinbieberstoes]

fr lol

[@Those2BestieBoos]

Yea tho

[@isabelsavage3773]

U said your feet suk😂

[@bluecobaltsteph2689]

OMG please do a video on the “modern foot” and how and why people’s feet shapes are changing.

[@svigosparis101]

yesss

[@noshititskrae]

What - I didn't know feet were changing!? Like across humanity as a whole??

[@lucygrayson6034]

@@noshititskrae I've not done research on this but I think it comes from how modern shoes tend to mould a foot over time by narrowing it, if you are aware of foot binding it could be comparable to that. In older times, the foot probably tended to be wider and have a lot stronger of an insole for support. Companies are realising this now and especially with sports shoes, a lot have more of an inside arch for support.

[@stephanievlado3410]

Omg yes pleaseee

[@elizzy8754]

Perhaps a TED Talk by Josephine...???

[@allonsyavenger]

Hello Josephine! You fitted me around four weeks ago, and they were the first pair I ever performed in. They are comfortable (as pointe shoes can be! 😂), and they look a lot better than the old ones I had. They broke in like a dream! You are definitely the best pointe shoe fitter! Thank you! 😄😄🩰

[@therinabrutus6162]

Do you recommend coming to Josephine for my first pointe shoe fitting?

[@ThePointeShop]

Yasssss 🙌🏻🩰 so happy

[@aaliyahjimenez6089]

@@therinabrutus6162 yes as you can see she is extremely well educated on the needs of different dancers when it comes to pointe shoes. She specializes in point shoe fittings and it’s the only thing she does so she should be able to get you the perfect starter shoe. Give her a chance 😊

[@allonsyavenger]

@@therinabrutus6162 Yes I do! She is the best and very intelligent! She knows what she's doing, the pointe shoe bunny. :)

[@IATEALLTHECHEESE]

Hello fellow owl house fan and dancer lol

[@choirkitty]

The streampointe photographs beautifully too! No extra bunching or fabric at the base of the heel, just overall very aesthetically pleasing :)

[@ThePointeShop]

Love this!

[@elizzy8754]

If the dancers being fitted would agree, it would be very instructive to see their bare feet each time. In that way Josephine's analysis of why she chooses a given shoe for a particular foot would make even more sense. Love these videos. Josephine is always very clear and understandable in her descriptions.

[@cherylkavanagh3387]

Great video, Josephine. It is always exciting to see pointe shoes continue to evolve to meet the different needs of dancers. Your foot looks gorgeous in the StreamPointe!

[@elizabethresurreccion7234]

I was a nova wearer because it was the only shoe didn’t sink in but due to injury and time off I’ve been struggling with it. I recently got fitted in the stream pointe by Josephine online and it’s probably the greatest shoe I’ve ever put on my foot.

[@patriciacouto5956]

I had the same problem with sinking into the box and extremelly narrow feet, but what I have learned through this year is that my major problem was weakness, because as my foot started to get stronger this year I'm now able to pull myself up into the shoe and I don't sink anymore. And the shoes I used to like are not working for me anymore because they are really narrow and it's hurting me now. It took 5 years of pointe work but finally I have strenght enough to really dance on pointe.

[@emma.l]

How did you get stronger? I feel like I can't pull up out of shoe either

[@patriciacouto5956]

​@@emma.l I think doing lot of classes, with time it's impossible to not get stronger. I have 3 technique pointe classes per week, since 2019. It wasn't fast, but I'm improving

[@eeva4686]

I am in a Stream Pointe too!! I used to get fitted way too wide because of the way my feet look, but I compress a crazy amount. Changed fitters and now I love my shoes

[@BlueDragonfly3]

That Stream Pointe sounds like it would have been the ideal shoe for me. I have very compressible metatarsals, yet wide and square feet, with tapered toes where my second toes are just a tiny bit longer than my big toes. I was fit into the 2007's as well. They were ok. I tried the block heritage and loved the shorter vamp as my toes are not that long.

[@Melon_Cloud]

I loved when you put the pictures of you in both shoes next to each other. I really LOVE ballet/dance. But I did not get into ballet in time before I ended up in a wheelchair. I still really love to watch all things ballet and dance. But not having been in ballet, sometimes differences between different shoes are not that obvious to me if I don’t see them (on) at the same time. But in the frame where you put the pictures next to each other, I could really clearly see that you were way more stable in the streamline shoe! Thank you for putting them next to each other, so for someone who has never worn pointe shoes, the difference was so clear!

[@martinenotmartini9935]

Oh this is super interesting. I used to be super into fitting (as into it as you can be as a dance student with no opportunity to learn how to fit someone but reading about each company's lasts and models and the characteristics of as many shoes as I could) and haven't been really dancing in a few years, so the new Grishko last was a surprise. Based on what you described, the new model would probably work for me, too. We have similar feet! The last shoe I was in before I had to stop dancing was a Grishko Nova, and a Bloch Heritage before that. I miss the whole world of obsessing over feet

[@pigleet]

keep up the positive energy :) I dont dance anymore but I still find these videos interesting.

[@super_siri]

I haven't danced since I was seven and I still find them interesting.

[@jamiejonah5320]

I remember seeing a show years ago where the host went to Italy and they went to the Ferragamo factory and they showed the lasks of classic movie stars.

[@decodolly1535]

* Lasts.

[@MsMilly90]

Omg Josephine your skin is glowing! Tell us your secrets

[@emilyschaad9148]

This is so interesting! I have narrow, long, tapered, compressible feet and I could only wear the Russian Safire, but I would love to try the new Stream shoe. Thank you for the information!❤️

[@bridgdjxnfkdzkx]

I have really wide feet, but they can squeeze into shoes that too narrow because they are very flexible across the metatarsal, so I never had the right width until I tried the Nikolay Smart Pointe

[@Hey_there_its_hanna]

I have the same feet as you and as a recreational dancer, the 2007 was a game changer, simply bc I wasn't dancing enough to run through shoes as fast as a dedicated one and the costs weren't worth it to buy a new pair before the old ones were dead. I'd been previously fit into a narrow Suprima but even they weren't perfect. When I can get back to dancing I need to try this new style!

[@cameo403]

Now when I watch ballet, I'm always looking at the way the shoes fit. Thinking, oh that's a great fit, looks beautiful, or oh no, that's just not right... 😅

[@pinkapoppy]

OH- I JUST FINISHED THE VIDEO! i didn’t realise you do virtual fittings; that’s so exciting!

[@rhymewth0range]

I just got stream pointes and I love them!! The elastic drawstring is really comfortable too.

[@elethirielle8677]

Don't worry Josephine, I have really narrow feet too. The Grishko Novice X or 0X is one of the few that actually fit me. It can be a real headache to find the right shoe.

[@BrightElk]

FINALLY! The video I have always been waiting for!

[@annasahlstrom6109]

They fitted me into Gambas twice and had them be way too wide. I had such a hard time getting on pointe in them. I also double-padded, which I shouldn't have done. When I got to do pointe again a few years back, they fitted me into the Gaynor Mindens of my dreams but then I ran out of money to take ballet classes. Those shoes support me but I did have the one shoe give me trouble the first time I wore it, but then it settled and they are cozy.

[@erinperry7954]

My feet suck too! So narrow and no arches! I did ballet in the eighties. Had to give up on pointe shoes. Maybe now I would be able to find something now. I hear Russian Pointe's width 1 is pretty narrow.

[@janasophieku]

I have the stream points and i‘m absolutely loving them since these are my first point shoes i can get over my box in. But I do have a problem with the sizing because I feel like my toes are being crushed both on the sides and on my toe nails. I am afraid that if i go wider the crushing on the toe nails will get worse but u can’t get narrower because my toes are already really tight. Other than that these are so lovely to dance in!

[@SuzanneLewinson]

I went from a custom Capezio Pavlova 9.5 2A to the Grishko Ulanova II in a 7.5 XXX before hanging up my pointe shoes. I have long, narrow feet with a super low profile. I was a 11.5N back then. My feet have shrank by some miracle now Even though I am in no shape to do pointe work, I've always wondered what shoe I'd wear these days.

[@mayochupenjoyer]

i just got fitted in streampointes after being in suffolks for years. the difference is beautiful!!!

[@fraudianslip3161]

Your videos have allowed me to fit myself as well, by teaching us the dynamics of shoes, we are able to dance once again , many thanks

[@rastar154]

My feet are narrow and compressive that took me forever to find my shoes cause I needed medium compression lots of taper and something that came in pretty narrow shoes on top of that I needed a low crown due to gapping

[@emma.l]

what shoe did you end up in? I have the same issues!

[@rastar154]

@@emma.l Suffolk Status in a N or XN depending on the time of year. I have also merlet Elistas b width and the Bloch eurostretch either in 1x or no x

[@emma.l]

@@rastar154 thanks! I'd love to try suffolks or merlet but they're not sold here. Might see if I can find eurostretch

[@irissworldofideas]

honestly, i would love this pointe shoe bunny holiday! free pointe shoes on whenever this day is.

[@x.cherri.x.berri.x]

Early! I got my first pair of pointe shoes yesterday! 🩰

[@EMMERZ.CRAIG08]

Omg Good for you!!!!

[@navypesto195]

Congrats

[@x.cherri.x.berri.x]

@@EMMERZ.CRAIG08 thank you!

[@x.cherri.x.berri.x]

@@navypesto195 thanks!

[@tacoparker6783]

Congratulations what shoe is it?

[@kated2147]

My last pair of shoes before I stopped dancing were 2007s but I always had problems with feeling like my metatarsals were crunching together because I’m wide across that part so they were a 4x.

[@navypesto195]

This video was so entertaining to watch! Keep up the great work👍

[@mariesaracino]

The Streampoint is so gorgeous on your foot!!

[@chardelraconner7324]

M I C you release you cannot get out the toll road the joke was funny but they mouthpiece upgrade is just damn 👾 checkpoint

[@karensantos5421]

Whoa! We have the same type of feet! I’m gonna look for these pointes! Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@emma.l]

I am also in sink city :( how did you improve strength to pull yourself out of the shoe? Those Stream pointes sound cool - I also have very narrow, tapered, low profile feet but the 2007s didn't work for me. No sinking but too hard to roll through and the tiny platform made me feel very unstable. I wish the newer models were available in my country!

[@Kimberlykeepsdancing]

I have problematic feet as well. Semi tapered, low profile, super narrow. Sadly the 2007 is a hair too narrow.. other than the box it is perfect. I used to wear them regardless. Now I am in Hannah’s but I have to use a liner. It would be great if grishko made a shoe for super narrow somewhat square toes. I also have the super fun challenge of having one foot slightly more tapered lol

[@chardelraconner7324]

those sweatshirts from Las Vegas that light work and do light therapy without brightness adjustment insurance

[@pinkapoppy]

i wish i could magically teleport to the us so i could go to your store and get fitted! i have pretty weak ankles which means that i sickle quote easily, i have pretty strong metatarsals, a fairly low arch and very wide bunions even though my toes aren’t very wide! still haven’t found my perfect shoe but i’ll keep trying different brands and models and hope for the best!

[@zan720]

2007 was my first shoe... but similarly my feet are so low profile compressible and in a single x width I was still sinking! I had these crazy thick gel toe pads that I would have to wear and they would make my toes go numb! After trying almost every shoe out there, I now just accept that's how my feet are going to be in all shoes and use moldable toe pads...

[@kimdoogleouo4521]

The one dislike is the old pair of point shoes 😂🩰

[@dance4joy553]

My daughter and I both have sucky feet too. My toes are extremely tapered and feet are very compressible. My second toe is the longest. My daughter's feet are extremely narrow and long. She is also flat footed. Because her feet were so long and narrow she had very limited choices.

[@d.usborne]

if your second toe is the longest, then you have what’s called the morton’s toe, i hope this helped!

[@olivia_rcr]

my second toe is also the longest and using spacers between my first and second toe has helped!

[@dance4joy553]

@@olivia_rcr spacers cause problems for me because they make the length difference more pronounced.

[@samjam6989]

what size your daughter wears? am size 7.5 but very wide

[@clara_hp6254]

I have very similar feet to Josephine and at my last fitting, I was put into 2007 Grishkos (European Nikolay). I was also sized down from width 5 to width 3, so talk about being fitted too wide haha

[@maudlarsen4430]

My feet suck too! I was so in love with ballet since I was 9. I started taking ballet lessons when I was 10 and was really dedicated and did well until I went en pointe. I couldn't get over the box and I sank in may pointes and it was very painful. I was so envious of the girls with high arches and flexible feet. It was so sad when I realized that no matter how I tried to bend and stretch my feet it didn't work. Maybe it's pathetic but I am still mourning my non en pointe ability. I applied for the Royal Swedish Opera Ballet when I was 11 but I never went to the audition. This was in the 1973 and the Balanchine ideals for a ballet dancer body had taken over the ballet world. I didn't go to the audition because I knew that the jury would just take a glance of me and immediately say "next!" I was short with short limbs and no neck. But I am still obsessed with pointe shoes and I watch your videos all the time. Thank you so much for your channel! Maud, Sweden.

[@kayleighslife3030]

I was a dancer and have the most narrow, tampered toes along with very high arches. The 2007's fit me so well.

[@chiara4243]

my feet are also terrible 😅 weak, short toes, inflexible, low arches & v v narrow.... I wore about 4 shoes within my first year of pointe even though none were dead when I switched hahaha I just have these points that immediately get blisters and after a while with the shoe I get shooting pains :( I was lucky enough to have a bloch store open in my city though and I found my cinderella shoe in the bloch hannah :)

[@chardelraconner7324]

noon your right

[@svigosparis101]

my feet are very compressible too and everyone always thinks my feet are wide but then my feet go on pointe and compress sooo much so when they are wide then i sink

[@daughterofsekhmet81]

I don't even dance but I've gone down this rabbit hole of pointe shoes and I kind of wanna get fitted now 😅

[@allroxy8587]

Hey!! Stream pointe is what you put in. LOVE IT btw🤩

[@syzikiy4450]

i love the grishko streampoint too

[@syzikiy4450]

the elastisize casing thing is kinda loose on me though

[@brianne9]

How do you compare shoes that are a lower crown and wider through the metatarsal vs narrower with a higher crown for compressive feet? Both may have the same total volume inside. I have worn shoes that look too narrow but once I 'squish the box down' , they fit but the propensity to be a narrower Mor column at shape seems to hold my foot in place. I assume it's best to wear a shoe that doesn't require squishing the box as part of the break in process, but I've never found success this way in practicality!

[@amanddalim]

Hey Josephine, I'm currently wearing the Grishko 3007. Is the pointé shoe supposed to be able to touch the floor completely at demi?

[@beckymanis3569]

I’ve never danced but have always been able to walk “ on point” in many of my shoes. I wonder if o could run “on point” if I had the right point shoes.

[@rachelplummer2668]

Would you recommend the StreamPointe for beginners to pointe? That extra room in the metatarsals/bunion area and the lack of drawstring sounds great :))

[@brianahenriquez6654]

Please react to Natalia Osipova's Pointe shoes 🥺🥺

[@EMMERZ.CRAIG08]

I thought I was the only one!...

[@ladylibrum7145]

Yes, please!

[@EMMERZ.CRAIG08]

I get mine in a week!

[@navypesto195]

Congrats!

[@EMMERZ.CRAIG08]

Omg! Good for you

[@DavidSepe-q6f]

I’ve been there for my first pair of pointe shoes!

[@chardelraconner7324]

dynamat finger holder to match sleeping beauty you remembered

[@zourdoudaki]

OMG I could fit you!!! ... we have the same feet in the same size, yep, hard to find the ideal shoe... I can totally relate. TG for new models and new technologies used to make pointe shoes! Back in my day, the options were so limited and I would just live in my toeboxes, sinking and sinking and sinking and accepting the things I could not change...

[@b.quinchana]

Oof. My feet are wide but SUPER SMALL. It was hard to find a shoe for me, but I settled with Bloch Aspirations width D. Edit: I'm a size 3

[@baobaoslimes8509]

Is it possible to sign up for a pointe shoe fitting with Josephine specifically? If so, how?

[@ThePointeShop]

Yes! Her virtual fitting link is in the description :)

[@baobaoslimes8509]

Is it possible to do the pointe shoe fitting in person?

[@moonroblox7256]

The shank is like small but big at the same time, I dont know what to think of the shank! LOL

[@funkyk5086]

Could you please show a shoe that’s for high arches and wide feet? Back when I was dancing I was always deducted in exams for not being en pointe properly - but the shoe I wore compared to my feet were impossible for me to get fully on top of. If I’d had modern shoes I’d probably still be dancing (I’m 47 and quite when I was 18 after tearing my quad in a stretch - but danced from 2 years old and was in pointes by 10/12).

[@stagnantfox3027]

What's so interesting to me is the fact that ballet shoes are kind of a indirect record of human evolution, since our bodies are constantly micro adjusting because in the retroscale, we evolved a bit too fast for parts to properly adapt, hence why we suffer so many ailments such as knee problems and back problems, because just our entire legs haven't had the chance to correct the hyper evolution.

[@kamrynrose863]

Hey what kind of point shoe is best for when your second toe is longer.

[@EnchantingWings1]

Hi Josephine! If you would be able to, could you review the European Bloch shoe Triomphe? I've been wondering your thoughts on it, as one of the fitters here straight up won't fit people in it (and hates it a lot because of the sizing), and another fitter loves it. I personally wasn't a fan.

[@phoebehywong]

I feel like I have similar feet and I’m wondering, if you wear heels what brand of heels do you wear because it’s so hard to find heels that fit my low profile feet but my feet are also like long and narrow 🥴 I can never wear strappy sandal heels because my feet just fly through the shoe. Anyone else have this problem?

[@nkptnk]

I am so excited next year i got my pointe shoes 😆

[@chardelraconner7324]

foot finger sleeve quilted CORRECT

[@genevieve31415]

So cool! Am curious, why are dancers feet getting wider and lower profile? What’s changed?

[@laziexleelo]

Something you said caught my ear. You said our feet are getting wider and lower profiled. Can you explain that? Any idea why that is?

[@siletsahar]

I have narrow feet too... I have my favorite pointe shoe ^^

[@ievacae]

what’s your opinion on sansha pointe shoes 🤔

[@kimbid9850]

i have dream points but next time i might try a different shoe

[@natasanakarada9833]

i wanted to get pointeshoes but i think my fet are a litle biger for pointe🙁🙁

[@Msimmo35786]

I was first fitted in 2007 too :)

[@samyleeanne]

I wanna do ballet but I'm almost 20 and know nothing about it can I ask for some advice from The Pointe Shop please??

[@princessmarlena1359]

I’ve had to special order mine, as I’m a shoe street size 12 (I kid you not).

[@JGreen-le8xx]

Josephine❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😄

[@kimprata660]

My pointe test is next week!

[@hhutt6224]

My feet are freekishly narrow. I have to special order the Grishko 2007 in a 0X. It's the only shoe I can wear

[@brookebodenhemier4475]

Omg I just got fitted for my fist pair yesterday

[@laura-leelove1908]

you were fitted into the first shoe the year i was born!!

[@tazee7184]

I was fitted in a Grishko Novice 2007 for my first pointe shoe in 2019...sadly, they were horrible for me. I have very wide feet and toes. I thought I was being professionally fitted, but I was not. The box/vamp was too narrow/low and my feet would not fit unless I push them in and my feet would swell over it. I can not feel the floor because the shoe is tapered, so I was floating in my shoes and thus, could not balance and feel safe. My feet break high and the shank was too hard for me, it would pull me back as if I was fighting with it so I could not get over the box, it would also not break with my arch; it would break too low. I was shamed at the store for having wide, high profile feet. Sad time and a waste of money. I though that my feet were not for pointe and quit shortly after. Now, after watching all these videos of fittings, I found out that my feet were ready for pointe and I was just fitted really badly. Might take up ballet again and get a new fitting somewhere else.

[@chardelraconner7324]

i shed light to those who

[@niseplank4527]

Now I'm getting ads for a pointe shoe bunny.

[@joannewilcock4964]

Point shoe fitter reacts to gymnastics

[@JessieBanana]

...the modern lower profile foot. Jessica’s fluffy, no crown has ever been too high for me, bunion what, has entered the chat. Seriously though, my feet are basically a semi-tapered tube. They’re wide, but they’re more consistently wide with a small heel and non existent metatarsals.

[@ThePointeShop]

😂 girl, i feel for you

[@JessieBanana]

@@ThePointeShop I did end up loving the StreamPointe! I think because the box is moldable and the vamp is kind of a V shape, I am able to shape it to be a bite more round. I like it a lot better than the Victory that is aggressively flat in the box and kind of feels like a boot. The StreamPointe also gives you a lot of what you might like in a Freed but without all the drama, and a better shank, platform, and wings. I do think though in a world where the StreamPointe didn't exist, I would probably wear the RP Entrada Pro.

[@hanbigim]

My first pair of pointe shoes: Streampointe :>

[@robinhollinger3531]

Why are feet getting wider and more low-profile?

[@jacqs]

Hi! can you react to rhythmic gymnastic/sadistic stretching?? I would love to see your reaction!!

[@californiacapybara]

Why are modern feet changing so much? I’m really curious.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

ooooooh: Stream Pointe! 😗😗😗😗😗

[@poppythepiggy8228]

Oh my gosh yesssss

[@smooeyyyyyy]

2007 pointe shoes buddy here!

[@chardelraconner7324]

clancy

[@hannahlaubacker7686]

I have size almost 9.5 extremely strong ankles and feet, short toes, 4X width metatarsals, and compress downwards. Blochs are about it for me lol