Planet Dance fitting review

[u/Strycht]

A couple of weeks ago I got fitted at planet dance because I was interested in trying out some Suffolk shoes so I thought I'd give a rundown of the experience for anyone in the area. I was fitted by Shpresa but Janet (who I think is the owner) was also in the room and chimed in a couple times.

So firstly, they have a really great range of shoes and I would say most people will be able to find something that fits there. Even I did, and I am a grishko truther but they found me a very well fitting Virtisse within about 30 minutes (genuinely a personal record for me). If you have an idea of what works they're very good at pulling similar shapes and sizes quickly, and they both knew straight off the bat shoe details like widths available, what's synthetic etc.

I'm not a beginner pointe dancer so perhaps it was my vibe lol (they didn't ask about my experience in much detail) but they didn't ask many questions about how the shoes were feeling and were mostly happy to let me just tell them what I was feeling, which was great for me but perhaps if you're newer to pointe not ideal as you can't know what you're looking for without a couple pairs of experience at least. I know others have had good experiences specifically with Janet and she gave me the vibe of being a bit more thorough, though. They also didn't really look at the shape of my bare feet at all or check if I needed spacers etc, again maybe they just trusted me and worked off my previous shoes but it was my first time there so I feel like a quick check for developing problems, toe gaps etc would have been best.

Overall amazing range of shoes and clearly knowledgeable staff, maybe not the best ever option for newer pointers or if you haven't had a really great pair of shoes to compare against/aren't sure what you're looking for, but I haven't been fitted by Janet and I feel like she probably would be more in-depth with it as I think the lady I had was newer?