Merlet French manufacturer of Pointe Shoes and Ballet Slippers

Merlet, French specialist in dance shoes: ballet slippers, pointe shoes, ballroom dance shoes, jazz shoes

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Convertible Dance Tights Women, Girls - Merlet

Price €15.00

The flesh pink convertible dance tights are tights with an opening under the foot. These tights are worn by dancers of pointe age. They enable them to make the transition from demi-pointes to pointe in the same dance class. The protective toe caps are secured under the tights to prevent them from shifting. Merlet's convertible tights also let you slip carded wool under the tights.

Niagara Latin Dance Shoes - Merlet

Price €115.00

The Niagara dance shoe is in black velvet goatskin with a 6.5 cm high heel. Elegant, this shoe offers stability and comfort for all dancers, from beginners to experienced women. The strap turns nicely around the ankle and adjusts with an adjustable snap. The cut-out at the top of the shoe covers all the toes, especially the metatarsals, without compressing them. A closed shoe for all ballroom dances

West Coast Swing Xia shoes - Merlet

Price €116.00

The Xia shoe is perfect for all rock dances. Whether you're into swing, west coast, boogie or lindy hop, this dance shoe is particularly comfortable with its 1 cm square flat heel. Its small strap adjusts to your instep and closes quickly and easily with a snap fastener. In black, they'll match all your dance outfits. The supple leather is also suitable for city wear, in which case simply reseal the underside.

Shoes Swing Suza black and white - Merlet

Price €150.00

The Suza swing shoe is made of soft, supple leather for optimum comfort and ease of movement. This SUZA dance shoe has a 4.5 cm heel and adjustable snap closure. Its black and white design is ideal for swing and rock fans. Very comfortable, it will match all your dance outfits. Available in sizes 36 to 41, the gum sole makes them ideal for indoor and outdoor performances.

Black leather cabaret boot - Merlet

Price €150.00

This lace-up leather dance boot with 4.5 cm coil heel is ideal for cabaret, but not only! Whether for French cancan or baroque dance, for example, this black mid-high boot from Merlet is supple and holds the ankle well, while adding plenty of style to your dance outfits. Suzette is the perfect dance shoe for amateurs and professionals alike. Suede sole for indoor dance floors

Gold Kami Open Dance Shoe - Merlet

Price €120.00

The golden Kami dance shoe is absolutely perfect for all your festive evenings. In smooth metallic leather with a fishnet between the side straps, Merlet's Kami shoe keeps your toes supported yet ventilated. A fishnet reminder on the heel gives these Latin and standard dance shoes a light, festive look. The adjustable strap features a practical snap closure. Croute leather sole

Dance Shoes Cholia Red - Merlet

Price €140.00

This superb dance shoe is a closed model with fishnet on the side to protect your toes during evenings and afternoons of dancing, while still providing ventilation. Made from velvet goatskin, these red dance shoes are suitable for all standard and Latin dances. The strap wraps around the ankle for a secure fit and adjusts in length thanks to its snap fastener. Croute leather sole

Sylvia split sole ballet shoe - Merlet

Price €15.00

The Sylvia salmon pink slippers are for the beginner dancer. The elastic around the instep is directly sewn. This ballet slipper is made of canvas with two leather soles: a cushion under the forefoot and the other under the heel allowing flexibility to learn to point the foot well. Adjustable around the perimeter with an inner elastic band. Available in sizes 35 to 41 in half sizes

Stella soft ballet shoes - White

Price €25.00

White Stella soft ballet shoes. Entirely developed with an elastic canvas, this ballet slippers provides a really good fitting for all dancers due to the low vamp and its elastic edge. Elastic drawstring and sewn elastics. Split leather sole. Available in Width C - Normal

The history of the Merlet brand began in 1974 in Limoges. Shoemaker from father to son, Roger James Merlet, has always been around beautiful shoes and the love of work well done.

If he chooses to manufacture dance shoes, it is not by chance, it is following a meeting with Robert Béchade. This famous violin virtuoso was married to a prima ballerina for whom he made classical dance shoes. It was from this meeting that Roger James Merlet's passion for making ballet shoes was born.

Pointes made in France

In 1980, in their workshop in Limoges where the shoes are handmade (nearly 50 shoes per day), the reverse stitching will revolutionize the dance shoes. This technique will bring a better comfort to the dancers, since it allows to amalgamate all the materials which compose the shell by sewing them to the sole.

Always innovating and in a permanent concern to improve the comfort of the dancers, Roger James Merlet and Pierre Lassenne carry out studies with professors at the University Hospital of Limoges. To better understand the discipline of dance and its physical characteristics in order to make pointe shoes that correspond perfectly to the expectations of dancers and to take care of the dancer's foot.

In canvas or leather, the materials are carefully selected

Over the years, Merlet has become a leading brand in the field of ballet with its pointe shoes, ballet slippers and ballroom shoes. The leather chosen by Merlet is particularly supple to adapt to all the movements of the foot without hindering it.  The Merlet modern-jazz shoe is also very appreciated for the quality of its leathers.

The brand of the Danseuses Etoiles

Recognized by the greatest dancers, notably Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Nicolas Le Riche, the collaboration of the star dancers has enabled the design and evolution of the models. More recently, Léonore Baulac, star dancer at the Opéra National de Paris, was the muse of the brand.

At Ezabel, I aim for excellence and it is naturally that I have been distributing the Merlet brand since 2015 in my dance store in Mulhouse, in France. I send your dance items all over the world