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Editor's Note: There are alternatives to spending a lot of money on stylized dance shoes, particularly for Lindy Hop. With the pounding our feet take on the dance floor, it's important to wear shoes that are comfortable and protective. My favorite dance "shoes" are any of the variations of the Adidas Superstar sneakers. I put chromed leather (a lot sturdier than normal suede) and voila! instant dance shoes. The entire process of chroming your sneakers (or normal shoes) is about 15 minutes. Your average cobbler can do the job or you can do it yourself. Locally, you can get chrome kits from Julie Kaufmann Dancing. Some people wear bowling shoes. That works. FYI: Ken Kreshtool of Gotta Dance offers advice on buying dance shoes on his website
Boston Dancewear 173 Mass Avenue, Boston, MA. 800-221-6548. Boston Dancewear offers shoes, dancewear, dresses and rentals. They carry Bleyer dance shoes as well as Coast and other brands. The URL for this business was bad on 06/03/08 and I wasn't able to get through on the phone. This listing will disappear the next time I check the links on this page.	Back Bay Dancewear 185 Cambridge Street, Burlington. 781-273-3089, 800-554-2340. Shoes, dancewear, dresses and rentals, including Bleyer dance shoes as well as Coast and other brands.
Capezio Dance Theater Shop 330 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills, MA. Phone: 781-237-5526, fax: 781-239-0544.	Keezer's 140 River Street (near Central Square), Cambridge, MA 02139. 617-547-2455. Monday thru Saturday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. New and used tuxedo's and suits, and associated accessories. Rentals.
Cafe Society 131 Cypress Street (intersection at Route 9), Brookline, MA 02445. 617-738-7186. Vintage clothing, jewelry, costume rentals.	Bleyers™Rock 'n' Roll Available in the Boston area at Teddy's (Cambridge), Back Bay Dancewear (Burlington), Boston Dancewear (Boston), Dancing Connections Studio (north shore)
Bobby's From Boston 19 Thayer Street, Boston, MA 02118. 617-423-9299. (off Harrison Avenue, near the Pine Street Inn). Men's and women's vintage apparel. Menswear division of Strutters. By appointment only.
Teddy Shoes, Inc. 548 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. 617-547-0443. Dance shoes & high heels specialists. Dyeables, family footwear, women's large sizes. Carries Bleyers, the two-toned StacyAdams, as well as Leos and the cool-looking Georgio Brutini shoes. In business for over 40 years. Looking for something? Write to teddyshoes@aol.com.	Tara Design Tara Shoes in Maine offers Argentine Tango shoes for men and women that are based on authentic designs from Argentina that have been updated and improved to provide superior comfort and elegance. Shoes may be ordered in US sizes in a selection of styles and heel heights. For more information, contact info@22tangoshoes.com at 1-877-906-8272 or 207-741-2992
Julie Kaufmann Dancing Locally, Julie sells chrome leather kits that allow you to turn your regular shoes (or sneakers) into dance shoes.	SloaneHome Dancer Sarah Sloane puts her mark on t-shirts...as well as a lot of other stuff.
Downtown Dancewear 122 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA. 978-441-0575. This dance supply store carries a variety of dance shoes, apparel and accessories.	Fashionista Vintage & Variety 33 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut. For more information, contact fashionista@snet.net.
Debbi Does Design Shoe Bags and Dance clothing for men and women, inspired by Argentine Tango, designed for real life. Based in Boston MA. For more information, contact Debbi.
Outside New England Vendors
Geek Swing! T-shirts and other cool geeky swing gear.	Zoots by Suavecito A mail-order place for Zoots Suits. 1-888-298-SUIT. DanceStore is dancer-owned and -run store specializing in swing dance shoes, especially the Aris Allen brand. They're based in Maryland and offer shoes over the web.
Swing Skirts Handmade skirts.	The Zoot Suit Store A mail-order place for Zoots and 40's suits by Siegel's Clothing Superstore. Orders taken on-line or over the phone. 1-800-408-8933.
Show Time Dance Shoes Atlanta, Georgia. A wide selection of ballroom dance shoes. For more information, write to David Duval or call 1-800-433-5541.	For Feet First Dance shoes and accessories featuring Elegance dance shoes and Bleyer swing dance shoes. Dancer-owned and operated. For shoe advice and information, write to Debby Filler or call 651-642-9636.
Dance Connection Dance shoes, music, videos, accessories.	With a Swing Dance shoes, music, videos, accessories.
eDressMe Clothes for the milonguera. eDressMe sells cocktail and evening dresses as well as Prom and Bridesmaid dresses. Brand names include BCBG Maxazria, A.B.S by Allen Schwartz, and Laundry by Shelli Segal For more information, write to help@edressme.com.	Dancesport Shoes.com Based in Omaha, Nebraska. Shoes from Supadance, Capezio (10% off), International Dance Shoes, Freed of London and Coast. Free shipping. For more information, write to Sales@dancesport.com.
Reflections of Dance Apparel, shoes, and accessories for many forms of dancing, from Swing, Ballroom, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Clogging to Irish Ghillies.	Remix Vintage Shoes Los Angeles, California. They sell unused vintage shoes for men and women. They also sell very authentic vintage reproductions. For more information, write to Phil Heath.
Dance Shoes of Atlanta 718 Ketchem Drive, Marietta, Georgia. For more information, contact Jim and Joyce Taylor at 770-428-9439.	Werner Kern Shoes Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Contact ballroomdncshoes@aol.com at 817-868-1575.
Dance Shoe Store An online resource for dance shoes.	Dance Dresser Dance shoes and more.
Blue Velvet Vintage Fine quality mid-century vintage fashions. Great selection of of swing era vintage dresses.	TNT Dance Designs Design your own dance shoe online; shoes for swing and other dances. Orthopedics available.
Tootsie's Dance Shoes A retailer and distributor of dance shoes. Based in Kansas.	USA Dance Shoes

DancingArt™
Rhonda Polen Wernick creates original dance artwork and offers them in a variety of formats, including;prints, calendars, clothing, notepads, and note cards.

Dvora Kanegis
Dvora is a tango painter in Boulder, Colorado, and offers a variety of prints for sale and other usage. For more information, write to dvora@tangoartist.com.

SavoyStyle Lindy Hop Shop Offers instructional videos, t-shirts, dance shoes, and Lindy Hop art. 32101 Ellison Way, Fort Bragg, CA 95437. 1-800-50-SAVOY. For more information, write to Judy Pritchett.	TC Swingin' Hepcats Wendy Jo Gertjejanssen offers lindy-related products including t-shirts, videos, CD's as well as tailored and vintage suits. For more information, call Wendy at 651-714-9644 (1-877-TO-LINDY if long-distance) or write to 2453 Pond Avenue, Maplewood, MN 55119, or just send email to jo@swinginhepcats.com.
World of Swing Store Marcus Koch and Barbl Kaufer offer instructional swing videos of their Boogie Woogie dancing. Butterfly Video P.O. Box 184-W, Antrim, New Hampshire. 03440. 603-588-2105. Kathy Blake Dance Studios offers dance instruction videos.	Ballroom Dance Supply A complete resource for ballroom dance shoes, CD's, and instructional videos on the Web. For information, contact Bill Rowe at bds@ballroom.com, 372 Bird Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126-3618. Phone: 408-293-1727; fax: 408-293-1727. Hours: Noon-8 pm, Monday thru Friday; 6 pm Saturday; 4 pm Sunday (PST)
Dance Vision USA Offers dance instructional videos, dance CD's, and a wide range of products in their dance boutique. For information, call Wayne or Donna Eng at 702-256-3830 or 800-851-2813 or send email to info@dancevision.com. Their address is 8933 West Sahara Avenue, Suite 101, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117-5826. Fax: 702-265-4227.	C. Martin Video Offers ballroom dance videos for all varieties of dance. They (Carol and Clyde) are on e-mail or write to them at 406 Hunsdale Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20901. idance.net Download instructional dance video clips various teachers. Each video clip teachs you one dance move, concept, or styling in Lindy Hop, Balboa, Bal-Swing, Hip Hop, Vernacular Jazz, Charleston and more.
Imperial Swing Dancing A book by Henry Culver, Jr. on Imperial Swing Dancing. Comes with a 2-hour long DVD.

You-Do-It Electronics
40 Franklin Street, Needham. This is a hobbyist electronics store, great for those electrical engineering types. It also has the full line of Pioneer and Gemini dj equipment. It's right at Exit 19a off 128 in Newton.

Moore Electronics
810 Lynn Way, Lynn, MA 01905. 781-596-8373. This is a small storefront within the Mass Merchandisers Market on Route 1A in Lynn, about 7 miles after the Callahan Tunnel. This place has sound and lighting equipment for your own mini-nightclub, including the Gemini mixers and dual-CD players.

The Guitar Center
Several locations including Boston, Natick, Danvers, and North Attleboro, not to mention those in other states. Complete line of guitar equipment, and their Pro Audio department includes all the equipment a mobile DJ might want.

• Natick, MA: 321-C Speen Street, Cloverleaf Marketplace, Natick, MA 01760. 508-655-6525.

Last updated June 8, 2008.