Chanel first introduced its now iconic ballet flat in 1984, but the design has been worn by women all over the world since at least the 1950s. Immortalized on the silver screen by the likes of ...

The Chanel ballet flat as we know it now didn’t come to fruition until the 1980s, but the foundations were laid much, much earlier – in 1957, to be precise. That was when Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel ...

The Chanel ballet flat as we know it now didn’t come to fruition until the 1980s, but the foundations were laid much, much earlier – in 1957, to be precise. That was when Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel ...

But for Audrey Tautou, who portrays the fashion icon in the new film, Coco Before Chanel, slipping into character was as easy as slipping into a signature ballet flat.

Since Brigitte Bardot pirouetted ballet pumps out of dance studios and into fashion boutiques – the former ballerina wore red ladylike flats for her breakthrough role as Juliette in 1956’s And God ...

Origins of the Chanel Ballet Flat The iconic Chanel ballet flat we all know and love is courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld, whose inspiration stemmed from a pivotal piece of Chanel history. Gabrielle “Coco” ...