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'Bela' is your classic T-Bar design with a five-strap vamp. It's worn by a few of the top dancers in the world who love it for its traditional style, comfort and flexibility. Like all of our Latin shoes, they're made with our gel cushioned insoles for the best in comfort and they're also super flexible to help you maximise the point of your toe.
T-Bar strap for greater support
Ultra flexible
Lightweight
Gel padding for cushioning and comfort
Made in England
Worn by: Yulia Musikhina (Professional Latin Finalist and 3x Blackpool Amateur Latin Champion), Daniella Pashkova (World Professional Rising Star Latin Champion & USA 'Dancing with the Stars' Professional), Kennedy Eaton (Blackpool Under 21 Champion), Ella Perry (British Under 21 Latin Champion), Anna Slouková (British Amateur Latin Finalist).
This shoe is pictured on the 3” Vogue heel and it is also available in Gold, Silver, Peach Satin, Cocoa Satin & Espresso Satin.
We stock this design on the 2" & 2.5" IDS, 2.5" & 3" Elite and 3" Ultra Slim heels in a Regular fitting with sizes 1, 1.5, 8.5 and 9 available only on the 2" & 2.5" IDS heels. Orders of 'In Stock' combinations usually ship within 1-3 working days, 'Made to Order' combinations will usually ship within 5-10 working days.

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“The shoe itself looks nice. However, the regular fit is too narrow and the sizing changed from a few years ago making buying this shoe hard to tell the right fitting size for you. The other downsize was that the fabric itself seems to not very durable. After being unable to get resolution from customer service on sizing discrepancies, I tried to break them in, in hopes I can use the shoe because the fit of the shoe was painful on my toes and I noticed the fabric starting to peel and threads hanging. I was uncessful in breaking them in so ultimately this shoe size did not work for me. Lastly, I compared a 2.5 heel with other dancer's in my studio wearing other brands, and the IDS 2.5 heel seems to be on the taller side. Nice looking shoe but wasn't as great of a fit and quality as I was hoping for.”

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Posted 4 months ago

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Posted 5 months ago

Tatiana Dragutan

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“Poor customer service... as per my previous comment review - very disappointed.”

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Posted 9 months ago

Hi Tatiana, As this is reference your previous comment, copied below the reply then re: the fittings availabilty that we have and what is possible without incurring extra charges due to the custom made work involved: Thanks for taking the time to review us. Our standard fittings are Regular, Narrow, Wide and Extra Wide, and because these are standard for us because we know how much peoples feet vary, we do allow returns for these which as you say is positive, because that is not the case with other brands who in many cases only even offer one fitting and for others, don't allow returns. However for fittings outside of those scopes, there is extra work done - hand-cutting of insoles, differences to the lasting of the shoes, and that extra time means there is a surcharge on them, and those ones are not returnable. All our shoes are hand-made in the UK and it's a very expensive country to produce. We're a small team as a family business and when shoes require that customisation, we do have to charge for it regardless of other orders. I hope that you can understand where we're coming from. Many thanks, International Dance Shoes

Posted 9 months ago