I kept hearing about the blood involved with pointe shoes and that was it for me. (gnomelover.com)
For example, she started a multiyear project redesigning traditional ballet pointe shoes while she was still in high school; the project yielded her first publication, in the peer - reviewed journal Ergonomics in Design, in 2008. (sciencemag.org)
Inspired by the classic pointe shoes, Valentino updates the modern ballet flat with edgy ankle straps and chic styling (stylebop.com)