When women searched through emoji options to craft the perfect visual message, there used to be a glaring absence: a flat feminine shoe. Thanks to Florie Hutchinson, a public relations professional ...

Pointe ballet shoes in colours that match Asian and black skin tones are being made for the first time in the UK. For women of colour, practising ballet used to mean having to paint pointe shoes to ...

For as long as ballet has existed, it has been an art form that prizes uniformity. For just as long, the tights and pointe shoes that have given ballet dancers that uniformity — to achieve the ...