Ferragamo has a long history of creating the perfect shoes. It’s only natural: the Italian luxury brand’s founder, Salvatore Ferragamo, was already designing footwear at the tender age of nine. By the time the Roaring Twenties rolled around, the designer had become fascinated with creating beautiful flat shoes, guided by his understanding of the foot’s complex anatomy.
In 1954, Ferragamo introduced his first ballet flats. They were made for the Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn, who was a ballet dancer as a child. Ferragamo’s ballerinas played a major part in cementing his label as the shoemaker to the stars: the flats were later worn by other Hollywood actresses and style icons, like Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman.
Fast forward 70 years later, and ballet flats are everywhere. The shoe silhouette, once rooted in the world of dance and performance, has now made its way to the streets, owing to fashion trends like the coquette aesthetic. At the house of Ferragamo, the shoes have also been revisited. For Fall/Winter 2024, the Italian brand introduces the Zina flats, a twist to its classic ballet flats.
Ferragamo’s Zina shoes, crafted from the finest leather, feature ruched square toes and a shiny piece of hardware on each shoe: the all-new Vara metal buckle. The buckle, engraved with the new Ferragamo logo, makes even more of a statement on the shoe’s toe, thanks to its bigger and flatter proportions.
The ballet flats are also adorned with a ribbon on the toe. That lovely touch, coupled with a new Mary Jane strap, results in a pair of timeless shoes with an unabashedly feminine flair.
Every single detail of the Ferragamo Zina ballet flats is a mark of the Italian luxury brand’s craftsmanship. It takes Ferragamo’s artisans 200 steps in all to create a pair, using techniques that have been refined over the course of the fashion house’s history. Care and consideration are taken into ensuring the symmetry of the shoe’s neckline, sewing the shoe’s lining, flattening its seams, and finally, attaching the distinctive Vara buckle.
With that in mind, you can wear your Zina ballet flats with pride. You will be spoiled for options, too. This season, Ferragamo has offered up styles in pink and metallic leather, which are playful alternatives to those that come in classic neutral hues like black or white leather. For a pair of ballet flats like no other, look to the Zina shoes in golden nappa silk, which are embellished with sequins and are sure to turn heads the moment you step into a room.
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