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EPISODE · Oct 3, 2023 · 37 MIN

Big Bandaid Is Behind Off Duty Ballerina

from COVERED · host Natalie Brennan and Ruby Redstone

In 1948, Claire McCardell designed the first pair of ballet flats marketed to a fashionable non-ballerina audience. The structure of ballet flats, which are all the rage right now, has not changed in more than a century. How do we make sense of a "trend" when the item is one of the oldest designs in existence? For Ruby and Natalie's ballet flat recommendations and visual links to the flats mentioned in this episode visit covered.substack.com

In 1948, Claire McCardell designed the first pair of ballet flats marketed to a fashionable non-ballerina audience. The structure of ballet flats, which are all the rage right now, has not changed in more than a century. How do we make sense of a "trend" when the item is one of the oldest designs in existence? For Ruby and Natalie's ballet flat recommendations and visual links to the flats mentioned in this episode visit covered.substack.com

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