Due to the popularity of the award-winning film, “Black Swan,” ballerinas have been showing up everywhere! The sexy ballerina is on the runaway and on the high street in stores such as Top Shop and ASOS. Ballet pumps and hair buns are making a huge comeback! The innocent ballerina is out, and the sexy, upgraded dancer is in! Trade in your pink leotard for black lace or leather. Designers such as Chloe, Marchesa and Richard Nicholl have embraced the new ballerina style in their 2011 collections. The long flowing skirts made from the sheerest of chiffons and the tight pink leotards which hug our figures beautifully without clutching any of the wrong areas definitely make the cut. But since the release of “Black Swan” the ballerina trend has taken a new turn and now exudes a sexy, raw, and stylish energy. Ballerinas are here to stay!
From Kanye West’s riveting performance on SNL surrounded by a bevy of ballet beauties, to Lanvin for H&M’s tutu dresses, to Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Wynona Ryder in The Black Swan, ballerinas are the height of fashion. Hair buns, tutus, leggings, stirrup pants, ballet slippers and demure camisoles are all over the place, from the mean streets of the Upper Eastside to the gritty streets of Williamsburg. There is something quite captivating about the chic, feminine, demure style of ballerinas that has taken the fashion world by storm.