I splashed (a tiny amount of) water on my pointe shoes while lounging on the couch this evening (they were close at hand because I am supposed to be wearing them around the house to break them in. I made it for about three hours today and then my ankle went "BITCH, PLEASE" and I knocked that shit right off.) and I went "ARGH ARGH ARGH OH NOOOOO! MY PAPIER MÂCHÉ SHOES! THEY MUSN'T GET WET! HOLY CRAP! BRING ME SOME TISSUES AND A TOWEL AND PERHAPS ALSO SOME SMELLING SALTS BECAUSE I THINK I AM GOING TO PASS OUT OH MY GOD"
and my husband was like "What? I thought you were kidding about pointe shoes being made out of papier mâché."
And I was all "NO OH MY GOD WHY WOULD I EVEN JOKE ABOUT THAT?"
Maybe next time I will get modern plastic shoes and save myself the horror. After all, I am pretty damn clumsy.
Also: sort of ballet-related only not really? I was watching the ancient 1955 TV version of the Scarlet Pimpernel at the time, which stars Marius Goring, AKA Julian, AKA the Love Interest That You Aren't Sure Whether You Like Or Not in The Red Shoes. See? Sort of ballet-related.
But not much.
If they were left to their own devises and dried they should be fine as long as they weren't soaked... But that's all I know. One of the girls water bottles fell off their shelf and splashed their shoes and they were just told to take them off and let them dry. And then something about jet glue if they needed it???? Sorry no help!
ReplyDeleteThey only got little tiny bit of water on them, and it didn't even touch the box or shank. But still. It's like scratching your new car or dropping your brand new cell phone! Only it's a phone that you have purchased after two years of intense training on phone use!
DeleteHa ha, I love the last paragraph! I think it is so exciting that you have to wear your pointe shoes around the house. ENVY!!!! :) I've heard of the water thing for real though, as in people wetting certain spots on their pointe shoes to help with the shoes molding to the feet.
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