It’s very difficult to determine the correct shoes size when you go for purchasing the Irish dance shoes because the sizes of Irish dance shoes is as per UK shoes size so it’s become quite difficult to find the correct shoes size for American Irish dancers. The reel shoes size of men’s and boys are based on the women’s shoes size. In this case boys and men’s reel shoes are normally American size shoes.
There are mainly three different types of Irish dance shoes available are:
• Hard shoes
• Reel shoes (For Male)
• Reel shoes/Soft shoes (For Female)
The best way of finding the correct UK shoes size is to go at the shop, try it, select perfect size and look on the side of the box where shoes size is listed. The other option is many boxes contain the same size of UK and American Irish dance hard shoes at that time you can select it as a reference. The main point of Irish dance shoes is based on the formal so it is a very important factor when you trying to find the correct Irish dance shoes.
When you went for selecting the leather shoes at that time take this point in mind that leather hard and soft shoes stretch approximately ½ shoes size because of normal wear. When soft shoes are made from very soft leather and have an open lacing structure. These shoes are really good for small shoes size dancer.
Irish dance shoes are very comfortable for dancer but bit tighter than other kinds of shoes so, it should fit tightly to the dancer’s feet. Instead of marking on left and right shoes select those shoes which are determined by the foot size. So, here you can get best way of determining the correct shoes size for Irish dancers.
