I find it interesting that I see as many pairs of black ballet flats for women out and about in the stores as well as on many pairs of rapidly moving feet as late as the week after Memorial Day. In fact, far too flats are roaming about for the excuse that busy moms rushing out the door just slipped them on for lack of a more conveniently located or lighter colored pair of thongs or sandals.
Even celebrity moms who probably have an assistant or wardrobe organizer to put their outfits together are still looking sharp and sophisticated in black. For instance, just this week Katie Holmes and darling daughter Suri Cruise were on a shopping excursion at the Grove in LA and Katie’s choice of footwear was, you guessed it, black ballet flats. Baby Suri’s pretty toes were covered with a pair of pink ballet flats so the pastels, white or even lilac flats have yet to be nudged out of the running for late spring and early summer. But frugal fashion divas will be happy to hear that they will get more than one season’s use out of their black ballet flats.
WHICH FLATS are FASHIONABLE?
At the time of this article, women with an ample budget for shoes are buying up black Chanel ballet flats like winter was just around the corner. Other favorites are the gathered ballet flat regardless of the brand, the easy clean, easy wash Crocs that are so comfortable and cute and Steve Madden’s black ballet flats, Facade.
GATHERED, PLAIN or BUCKLES and BOWS
What would the fashion industry be if they were not consistently reinventing the wheel? It would be completely out of character for them to consider the style of plain, black ballerina flats too good to improve. First, they add tiny heels, then gather the toes or add a belt across the tip of the toe with a brass or silver buckle. One of my favorites is the black ballet flat that allows that little peek of toe cleavage. It’s my opinion that this does for flat shoes what peep toes does for pumps. It takes a basic design and transforms it into something sexy and alluring. And who would have ever thought we could have that and the comfort of flats in one neat little package?
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