{"id":118100,"date":"2026-10-20T11:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=118100"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:05:56","slug":"audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Say Goodbye to Sneakers, Audrey Hepburn\u2019s Favorite Ballet Flats Are Still Being Made Today \u2014 and They\u2019re Just as Chic as Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118104\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-1-155x87.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind a glass case in Zurich, eight pairs of tiny flats shine like sugared almonds. They once belonged to <\/span><b>Audrey Hepburn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and they have found a fitting home at <\/span><b>Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Swiss shoemaker founded in 1935. In 2017, owner and designer <\/span><b>Licio Greco<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bought them at <\/span><b>Christie\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in London, when the actress\u2019s family auctioned part of her personal wardrobe. Dating back to 1960, the pairs are a European size 39. Greco calls Audrey an absolute icon, and his brand keeps her favorite shoe alive. Its soft <\/span><b>ballerinas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> still come in a rainbow of colors, just like the ones she collected.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>Why Audrey Hepburn Loved Ballet Flats<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118101\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3187\" height=\"3895\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Hollywood, Audrey trained as a ballet dancer in London under <\/span><b>Marie Rambert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Flats kept that graceful posture alive offscreen, matching perfectly with her cropped cigarette pants. Later, she spent her final decades in Tolochenaz, a village near Lake Geneva, making the Swiss connection even sweeter.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>Day\u2019s Ballerinas, Handmade in Tuscany<\/b><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_118103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118103\" style=\"width: 3303px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118103\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3303\" height=\"3327\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-118103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audrey Hepburn&#8217;s personal collection at Christie&#8217;s auction house in central London on September 22, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Day offers around a hundred ballerina styles in every shade imaginable. Each pair is handcrafted in small Tuscan workshops from butter-soft goat leather, flexible enough to bend like a dancer\u2019s slipper. In 2024, the brand also released a limited edition in eight colors inspired by Audrey\u2019s originals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><b>How to Wear Ballet Flats Like Audrey<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118102\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/10\/audrey-hepburn-ballet-flats-still-available-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3891\" height=\"4876\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borrow her favorite formula with slim cropped trousers and a fitted black turtleneck. For fall, a pair in camel or burgundy brightens a gray coat. 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