5 May 2006

Pump It Up

Pretty Ballerinas Shoes

At 7, you perfected your demi-plié.

These days, though, the only position you’ve mastered involves a partner and a bed.

If your pas de deux is more dead duck than Swan Lake and your plié’s more grande latte than grand jeté, help is at hand (or, rather, at foot) with ballet flats and pumps by Pretty Ballerinas.

Available in colours like chocolate sparkle, red lizard and lilac leopard — and in materials such as nubuck, leather or satin — they’re perfect summer footwear, and they’ll last for years.

So while everyone’s gearing up for their daily scrum in pedicure-trashing flip-flops and dissolve-in-the-rain High Street slippers, you’ll be in pole position.

No lethal body-bending required.

Available online at prettyballerinas.com.