Under a long wool coat, a flash of leopard pony hair or a velvet bow can steal the whole show.
This season, fashion’s most charming women are trading towering boots for winter flats with a dancer’s soul. Gracie Abrams and Lily Collins have embraced jazz shoes, the soft lace-up style championed by Celine and Chanel.
Classic ballet flats return in cozy textures. With sheer black tights or chunky socks, they feel romantic and wonderfully practical. These five pairs are ready for the first snow.
From the Dance Studio to the Street
In 1947, Rose Repetto sewed her first ballet slippers for her son, the dancer Roland Petit. Nine years later, Brigitte Bardot asked for a street version, and wore it in And God Created Woman. Ballet flats have been a symbol of effortless chic ever since.
Repetto’s Icon Goes Wild
Repetto, Cendrillon Ballet
Flats in Leopard Brown, $ 455
Bardot’s beloved Cendrillon by
Repetto now arrives in leopard print pony hair,
handmade in France with the brand’s signature stitch-and-return
technique. The feline print warms up gray flannel and camel coats
with a playful wink.
Repetto Cendrillon Ballet Flats in Leopard Brown, $455, at
Printemps New York
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