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by Dara Morgan

Pump Fiction: Miu Miu Ballerinas — the Flat That Stood Tall

28 Oct 2025

Episode 7 — and the Season 1 finale — of Pump Fiction is live.
After a season of slingbacks, stilettos, Tabis and Armadillos, we are coming back down to earth — literally.
This week, we are talking about the Miu Miu ballerina, the flat that made the internet plié and turned balletcore from a niche mood board into a global movement.
Born on the Fall/Winter 2022 runway and raised on TikTok, these satin slippers redefined power dressing without adding a single inch of height.
Here are three things you probably didn’t know about Miu Miu’s most delicate statement shoe — unless you have already been late to brunch in them:
  • They revived a classic.
  • They started a movement.
  • They proved softness is strength.

Listen now

Come for the flats, stay for the finale — and the story of how a shoe that doesn’t make you taller still managed to stand above them all.

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