As someone who grew up in Moscow, ballet was entrenched in the cultural fabric of my life. While ballet has its roots in Italy and France, it has become deeply entwined with Russia’s identity, known ...

Elsesser has the silver-grey VI-B ECO mesh flats, which are the chronically online second cousin of Alaïa’s viral mesh ballet shoe. Doechii demonstrates choreography on her IG Stories in toeless five ...

Growing up, there was a footwear staple of my wardrobe that lived on from childhood through as far as middle school at least, before it eventually subsided as other trends took hold: ballet flats. I ...