Is suede or hard leather bottoms better?
This is really a matter of personal choice. Suede leather tends to have a little more grip on the dance floor at first. As the suede wears smooth, it gets slicker. With suede, you can always brush the bottoms with a wire brush to rough up the suede and give it more grip on the floor. Hard leather is typically a little slicker and you do not have the ability to brush it. Also, hard leather comes in varying degrees of hardness. The softer forms of hard leather (like the Aris Allen raw sole) are very flexible while the harder forms can be stiff until broken in but give you a super slick surface to dance on. Should I wear my dance shoes outside? Overall, it’s not recommended. Concrete will rapidly wear out surfaces like suede leather and the Aris Allen raw sole (a softer form of hard leather). However, if you have a pair of shoes that have a more rigid form of hard leather, you can wear them outside. Overall, it’s a good idea to keep your shoes reserved for dancing and change into them whe
