SPD444 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Olivia Cowley is selling used pairs of Pointe Shoes on her Ballet Style blog, signed by the RB ballerina who wore them for £20 + postage and all profits will go to the Alzheimers Assoc. Great cause. Well done Livs. Sorry, Mods, I've just noticed there is already a thread for this under "Not Dance" Sorry Edited December 13, 2016 by SPD444 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Scroll down for the link to buy: http://www.ballet.style We've also got a thread in "Not Dance" about suggestions to frame your purchase: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/14111-frame-for-pointe-shoes/#entry193921 As SPD44 says, it's a great cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Congratulations Olivia - we keep looking to make a purchase but no joy as yet. Have often wondered if some value could be generated from Royal Ballet's 6,000 pointe shoes and Olivia and all her colleagues who sign the used shoes are doing a fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 the 'sold out' sign is up, so sounds like a successful venture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Yes, sadly the sold out sign went up within a few hours - is this a venture that might be repeated from time to tim as it would appear it could garner some much needed funds for charitable organisations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Olivia has tweeted that more are on the way and asks for a little patience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just managed to buy a pair - perfect stocking filler. Will wait with interest to see whose they were. Many thanks to Olivia and all her colleagues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 So gutted I missed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Sorry Rachel if I've taken the last of the latest batch but do keep trying Olivia's website - do hope you're successful in time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Thank you John, I have contacted the website, but unfortunately they're all sold now. I'd love to hear whose shoes you get though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Looking at Olivia's tweets the extent of the response suggests she could do with some santa's little helpers - well done to her for taking this on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 It would be interesting to know what people do with the point shoes they buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Well, some obviously frame them or otherwise hang them - Janet's put the link to that thread above. Not sure what I'd do with them if I had them, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Just received our pointe shoes - Anna Rose O'Sullivan. We saw her delightful Clara (when Francesca made her SPF debut) so maybe these were part of her Nutcracker preparations and dancing. Hopefully we'll all see some of this performance as part of the Christmas Day Nutcracker documentary. Many thanks to Anna Rose, Olivia and all for signing their pointe shoes and congratulations to Olivia et al for raising £1,700 for Alzheimer's. I do hope others have been successful but I guess Olivia would be working all hours and more to meet demand. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 How lovely, John- especially as you saw her as Clara! It was a great fundraising effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Olivia tweeted that this initiative raised £1693 for Alzheimers, so a big well done to her 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Olivia Cowley has now posed an A-Z of ballet fashion on her website: http://www.ballet.style/journal/2016/11/11/stylish-moments-of-2016-abc I didn't want to start another thread so my excuse for putting the link here is that point shoes feature prominently in some of the pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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