LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes ...

Ballet flats are making way for their sportier younger sister: ballet sneakers. This nostalgic take on dance-inspired footwear is exactly what it sounds like, a hybrid of ballet flats and sneakers.

But, amongst the usual suspects – read: loafers and mesh flats – we’ve spied a number of divisive styles that can be ...

Ballet sneakers have been slowly gaining traction for years. The shoes first made waves in 2021, when the hybrid sneaker style made its debut on the runway at Simone Rocha. Fast-forward to 2025 ...

Vivaia (4) I’ve always been hard on my shoes… which in turn, is hard on my wallet. But after two years, my Vivaia flats are impressively still holding up. So if you, too, run your pairs into ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. We're calling it: Ballet flats are the "it" shoes of summer Nicol Natale is a shopping writer at PEOPLE based in Hawai’i with more ...

Dancers at the New York City Ballet go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes each year. That's because traditional pointe shoes break down after only a few wears. All of them come from Freed ...