STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kelly · Hermes

Pointe ballet shoes

Suasoria · Chanel

I advise against it, unless you like the feeling of encasing your feet in cement. Your feet would probably start hurting in less than an hour if you aren't used to them.

What about attaching satin ribbons to your ballet slippers?

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I agree with Su. I use to try on my mom's pointe shoes, and they are not comfortable. I'd hate to wear them to a party.

Starstuff · Kenneth Cole

I'd suggest wearing regular leather ballet shoes, and then maybe sewing pink ribbons to the toe shoes and looping them around your neck or over your shoulder so they're still a reference. Wearing toe shoes for just walking around will make you cry

Kelly · Hermes

Yikes! I had no idea they would be so uncomfortable. I've never worn them and I didn't know anyone who has either (until this post of course). Slippers and ribbons it is!

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

Agree w above. I used to have a pair, you can't walk in em!

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Pointe shoes are not made for walking or even constructed in a way that being on a flat foot would be comfortable. You can attach the same ribbons to regular ballet flats. If you plan on doing a lot of walking, put an arch support insert in the flats for comfort.

Miss Mabel · Kenneth Cole

Fun costume!

I agree that if you wear soft (technique) slippers, sewing ribbons on them will make them look more "authentic." There are loads of YouTube instructionals on sewing on ribbons.