How do I tell quality dance shoes from inferior ones?
Good question, but difficult to answer in a few words. Basically you tend to get what you pay for. With all footwear, not just dance shoes, you probably know very well how easy it is to be deceived on quality. Modern materials and manufacturing techniques make it very difficult for the consumer to know the actual quality of shoes until they have been worn a few times. In my personal experience this usually means that cheap shoes can soon become very expensive if they do not do the job for which they are intended and start to look tatty very quickly, as cheap shoes often tend to do. Shoe Uppers (essentially the outside of the shoe on the top and the sides) Leather uppers in practice may differ in many ways and usually the result is reduced quality and durability. I have seen leather that has been cut from rolls rather than animal hides. I have seen leather uppers so thin, that the only thing giving the uppers any substance at all is the linings underneath. Some leather uppers then stret
