New Freed Classic Professional pointe shoes

Freed has recently come out with a new pointe shoe, the Classic Professional. The Freed Classic is a Medium-High profiled (depending on the maker, from what I understand) tapered shoe (can vary by maker, but generally is a tapered/semi-tapered shoe) with a long U vamp, a cloth drawstring, a flat platform, and a strong full length shank.

The Classic Professional has been altered slightly to incorporate a platform that is very slightly pitched forward to flatter the arch and keep the dancer from rolling over, a slightly harder longer-wearing box, an elastic drawstring, and a 3/4 length shank. Freed has said that they designed the shoe using the most common special orders and makers in the Classic model to develop a better shoe. From what I can tell, these shoes are only available through Discount Dance at this point in time. I don't know if they just aren't being sold anywhere else yet, or if they are similar to the NBS Shoe Room's Maple Leaf Freed model in the way that they are a stock shoe that has been modified through a special order by a specific company and is stocked by that company only.

I've heard that the shoes all seem to be "Anchor" makers, and that their fit is similar to that of "Crown" maker Classics. The shoes come in "Anchor", "T", "Crown", and "F" makers.

I can't find much else about these shoes; they are not on the Freed website. When I do, I'll definitely update.

Stay on your toes,

Selly