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Every girl should have at least one pair of ballet flats in their shoe collection. Get the right pair and you can wear them with everything from evening dresses to jeans. But where should you buy them from? Everyone sells them, from New Look to Net-a-Porter, but only a few places make them right. You’ll be wearing these a lot, so you may as well splash out. Read on for our top picks…
Jane Winkworth’s French Sole / London Sole has long been a favourite of in-the-know Audrey Hepburn wannabe’s. The low cut flats are paticularly gorgeous and give you some serious toe cleavage. City toe and sturdy flats stand up to more wear and tear, and if you pop into the Sloane Street store, you can have party flats customised to suit you. Prices start at around £50 / $135 for classic leather flats (shown above).
FrenchSole.com (UK) / LondonSole.com (US)
If you want to know whether a brand is reliable or not, check their current customer base. Cult French ballet pump makers Repetto supply shoes to Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and their shoes are now available in the UK. At £115, they’re not cheap, but what’s good enough for Ms Bardot is worth saving up for…
Holly Dunlap is the lady who’s responsible for making the metallic ballet flat an absolute must and a modern classic. While Repetto cater to the French A’ list, Hollywould sells to, um, Hollywood! Her shoes are loved by Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz and Liv Tyler, and Gwen Stefani wore Hollywould on her album cover. Classic gold ballet flats are $195 a pair. Ankle tie pumps (above) are $230.
You really do not have to spend a lot of money on ballet pumps if the ones above are out of your price range.
Butterflytiwsts have a realy nice range of ballet pumps costing from £30 -£60! What is more these pumps look just as good as the more expensive ones. Such as these hannah nude ballet shoes above, which are available in black, neutral and grey and cost only £35!
If you want a real bargain you could also head on over to asos where you can pick up a pair of ballet pumps for £15 which really is a bargain and a half (However the quality of the pumps will not be anywhere near as good as the other brand mentioned).
If you have any more ballet pump suggestions we would love to hear from you!
Where are the red and white gingham check ballet shoes from? I might be missing something but I can’t see anything that says where you can buy them!
I love the ballet slippers too. Comfortable yet not entirely casual, I saw these cute multi-colored polka dot ones from Coach! Or was it Cole Haan. I don’t remember. But they were cool.
I have a shoe store in Edinburgh and stock both Repetto and Hollywould. I have self coloured ballet pumps at £99 and a black/beige pump at £139 (Repetto). I also have gold and silver woven leather ballet pumps by Hollywould priced £180. They are really good quality and a lot better than erm.. asos lol!
I am opening my own make-up boutique in belfast n.ireland and would like to stock some repetto ballet pumps, does anyone know how i become a supplier or who i contact?
For the attention of the Sales Manager
Dear Sir or Madam
First of all, let me introduce myself.
My name is José Juan Fernández, the technical director of Pantalla Interactiva, in Spain. We are a ballet company based in Madrid and have recently produced “The Nutcracker´s legend” which is now touring in Spain. The performance includes the music of Tchaikovsky and several voices narrating the tale of Hoffmann.
Besides, we are developing our new show “The red shoes” and we are interested in buying a great amount of miniature red shoes . We need more than 2.500 units, and we would like to know the best price you can offer us.
Thanks so much for your help and attention.
We look forward to hearing from you.
José Juan Fernández
Production Department
Pantalla Interactiva SL
C/ T, nº 4, Nave 39-1
Pol.Ind.Európolis
28230 Las Rozas MADRID
Tel. 00 34 916372280
Fax. 00 34 916376904
E-mail: jota@pantalla.com
If you require any help with wholesale enquiries please consider French Sole, we have the largest selection of ballet flats, ballet pumps and ballet slippers currently available anywhere and at fantastic prices.
Regards
shoewawa.