Ballerinas let you have a ball

35 pairs and not a single one that lets your toes wiggle in pleasure and arches rest easy? For an active girl who is on her feet 24/7, it’s the soft, round-toed ballerinas that are most out of the closet. Our Trendy Tester did the rounds to see which shoe fit best.

Aldo: (Rs. 2,750-4,000) Rain-proof silver ballerinas with a plastic trim — the most elegant option to slush through the streets. Or go dainty with a lacy white leather cutwork option.
Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Tel: 24813561; Atria, Worli, Mumbai, Tel: 24961634.

Habit: (Rs. 1,000 and up) Matte gold ballerinas with a woven finish that lets your toes breathe. Perfect for office corridors and that after-hours Cosmopolitan.
Kemps Corner, Colaba Causeway and Linking Road, Mumbai, Tel: 23631044.

Sole to Sole: (Rs. 1,500 and up) Bling ballerinas in jewelled black with a little heel. Dance the night away, pain-free.
Linking Road, Mumbai, Tel: 66778422.

Street stores: (Rs 200 and up) Our Trendy budget pick is the classic plain black ballerina with a gold ribbon and bow. You can’t go wrong with understated elegance.
At Hill Road and Colaba Causeway, Mumbai.

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