Ballet shoe standard women's ballet shoe had heels. Mid 18th century dancer Marie Camargo of the Paris Opéra Ballet was the first to wear a non-heeled shoe. After the French Revolution, heels were completely eliminated from standard ballet shoes, as they still are. Ballet shoe A ballet shoe, or ballet slipper, is a lightweight shoe designed specifically for ballet dancing. It may be made from soft leather, canvas, or satin, and has flexible, thin soles. Traditionally, women wear pink shoes and men wear white or black shoes. Tan colored slippers—which are unobtrusive and thus give the appearance of dancing barefoot—are worn in
The Shoe Museum from the 200 years of the companies history. The museum also includes a display of machinery used in footwear production, and a selection of shop display showcards from the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s, and television advertisements. The museum includes the first clogs worn by Gracie Fields and the wedding shoes of Diana, Princess of Wales. There are plans to move the museum into "The Grange", a Grade II listed building on the Clark's Village site. The Shoe Museum The Shoe Museum in Street, Somerset, England exhibits shoes dating from the Roman era to the present day. It shows the history