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Pointe shoes.... are $150-300 per pair. And are good for about 8 hours of dancing and then they are only suitable for warm up and "casual" practice for another 8-12 hours of dancing.
They are made on a paper mache core... sweaty feet ruin 'em. Repeated bending and flexing ruin them. Excessive heat (over 100f or so) causes the glues to break down, and ruins 'em.
So some modern material as a core that can be fit into an exterior replaceable for less than $150-per-pop outer. Let it breath, flex and bend and twist.
Go crazy and design a scanning device and 3d print the inner cores custom. Make it so our teenagers can actually outgrow a set of shoes instead of needing a new pair every 4-6 weeks. Or after a 2 showing performance.
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