Glossy, low, and entirely sure of itself.

Cerise is a ballet flat that grew up. Crinkled brown patent leather over a rounded toe, drawn in at the topline with a hidden elastic so it moves with your foot instead of fighting it — then set on a kitten heel slim enough to disappear.

These patent leather pumps catch light the way nothing matte can. Brown reads warmer than black and rarer than either — the colour people notice without being able to say why.

Ballerina pumps for long days that end somewhere nicer than they started. Leather-lined, flexible, and low enough to walk in properly.