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What's Up With the Internet's Ballet Flat Fixation?

Paper Magazine 09 July 2026 6h ago
What's Up With the Internet's Ballet Flat Fixation?
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The current craze of ballet flats in women’s fashion has been deemed a revival. They are but the latest and greatest of many comebacks since their global mainstream domination began in the 1950s, after a pair of Repettos graced Brigitte Bardot’s feet for the 1956 film And God Created Woman . Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy continued carrying the flats’ flag through the 60s, with women worldwide
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