Felicity Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Does anyone know if Bob Martin is still custom making pointe shoes? And if so how do I get hold of him. If not is there anyone similar about these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oncnp Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Felicity said: Does anyone know if Bob Martin is still custom making pointe shoes? And if so how do I get hold of him. If not is there anyone similar about these days? You might post this under the "Doing Dance" section where the folks who can help you are more likely to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon2 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 We used to get hold of him via the Bloch shop in Covent Garden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Off topic but when I saw this in the Not Dance forum I thought the thread was about flea treatments for dogs! I've amended the title! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I am pretty certain he retired some years ago. One of my pupils went to vocational school aged 16 in 2014. She had been wearing his custome made shoes for some time, but I think he was already winding down then and not taking on anyone new. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdancedjustamum Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 11/11/2020 at 21:41, Felicity said: Does anyone know if Bob Martin is still custom making pointe shoes? And if so how do I get hold of him. If not is there anyone similar about these days? Hi Felicity, just wondering if you managed to get hold of Bob Martin? If not, did you fine anyone/anywhere else to custom make pointe shoes? I do think Bob still does, via appointment, and he comes into the Bloch shop in London. I am curious to hear about people's experiences with custom shoes as I know Freed also do them. In addition, Bloch also has a service where they tweak existing styles to be more suitable to the dancer (I think it's called Bespoke or something like that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 12/07/2021 at 10:30, Neverdancedjustamum said: Hi Felicity, just wondering if you managed to get hold of Bob Martin? If not, did you fine anyone/anywhere else to custom make pointe shoes? I do think Bob still does, via appointment, and he comes into the Bloch shop in London. I am curious to hear about people's experiences with custom shoes as I know Freed also do them. In addition, Bloch also has a service where they tweak existing styles to be more suitable to the dancer (I think it's called Bespoke or something like that). as do Grishko , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdancedjustamum Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 03:23, NJH said: as do Grishko , Yes, but I think their master fitter if I’m not mistaken is based outside London. Central London is much easier for us. I have spoken to Bob Martin and he still does custom shoes so we might go for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 14 hours ago, Neverdancedjustamum said: Yes, but I think their master fitter if I’m not mistaken is based outside London. Central London is much easier for us. I have spoken to Bob Martin and he still does custom shoes so we might go for that. if you mean Leanne she;s fairly flexible on location but her home base in Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felicity Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Not Bob Martin but we have found an amazing pointeshoe fitter and she customises too. She is ‘straighttothepointeballet’ you can find her on Instagram or Facebook. Best fitter I have found to date and so knowledgeable and passionate about pointe work! Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Felicity said: Not Bob Martin but we have found an amazing pointeshoe fitter and she customises too. She is ‘straighttothepointeballet’ you can find her on Instagram or Facebook. Best fitter I have found to date and so knowledgeable and passionate about pointe work! Hope that helps that's Leanne the UK's Grishko master Fitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felicity Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Yes it is! she does also travel around as well as virtual fittings. she now fits all my students too, would not recommend anyone else! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Felicity said: Yes it is! she does also travel around as well as virtual fittings. she now fits all my students too, would not recommend anyone else! Leanne is a total sweetie last fitting i had with hewre lastesd aobut 2 and a half hours but that was because we went a scenic tour of the entire range and ended up with the Maya 1 SE / Leanne shoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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