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Where To Buy Ballet Pumps

Ballets 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...

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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)

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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 via Toast. At £115, they're not cheap, but what's good enough for Ms Bardot is worth saving up for...

ToastByPost.co.uk

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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. The striped floral pumps (top) are around $250.

ILoveHollywould.com

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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!

Posted by: Polly | April 26, 2005 8:14 PM

Red & white gingham? There are none! Do you mean the red stripey ones at the top or the blue and white gingham ones in the extended post?
The blue gingham are by Repetto from toastbypost.co.uk as it says underneath, and the red ones at the very top are by Hollywould (it does say at the bottom of the hollywould info). You can get those through ilovehollywould.com or at couture.zappos.com

Posted by: Gemma | April 26, 2005 8:54 PM

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.

Posted by: Moca | April 27, 2005 3:28 AM

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.

Posted by: Pam Jenkins | April 27, 2005 10:21 AM

Oh sorry - I meant red and white stripe!! Thanks :)

Posted by: Piolly | April 27, 2005 1:10 PM

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?

Posted by: claire mc evoy | September 26, 2005 7:15 PM

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

Posted by: José Juan Fernández | October 14, 2005 4:08 PM

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
Angela.

Posted by: Angela Price | May 1, 2006 3:01 PM

Please see our website for our collections http://www.frenchsole.com.
Kindest regards.
French Sole Wholesale Team

Posted by: French Sole | May 1, 2006 3:04 PM

i am looking for rapetto leather street ballet shoes with at least a 1" heel. i live in the us. please send any info to shirldru1@comcast.net..am willing to order from anywhere...

Posted by: shirley a druker | May 21, 2007 8:16 PM

i am looking for rapetto leather street ballet shoes with at least a 1" heel. i live in the us. please send any info to shirldru1@comcast.net..am willing to order from anywhere...

Posted by: shirley a druker | May 21, 2007 8:16 PM

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