Not content with an ordinary pair of ballet flats, Rosalía—who has been performing en pointe—opted for a pair of pale pink satin ballet platforms from Junko Shimada’s spring 2009 collection, with crisscrossing ankle ribbons, exaggerated black platforms, and transparent heels. The shoes have a fab pop cultural pedigree, too: Lady Gaga wore the shoes back in 2009, when her own penchant for architectural, gravity-defying footwear was in full swing. 15-plus years later, they look every bit as wonderfully impractical.
With accessories doing all the heavy lifting, Rosalía kept the rest of her ensemble simple: a black tank minidress, oversized black sunglasses, and her signature cloud of dark curls still crowned with that distinctive bleached halo.
Of course, the singer’s footwear is only the latest expression of her ongoing love affair with ballet. Onstage for her Lux tour, she has embraced the discipline both sartorially and physically, dancing en pointe in elaborate costumes including a custom Dior tutu by Jonathan Anderson. Offstage, though, her interpretations of the ballerina wardrobe tend to come with a considerably sharper edge. Recall the custom Yasmina Atta dress that married a plunging latex bodice with a frothy tulle tutu, slung low on the hips and toughened up with studded belts. It’s all been very Black Swan after dark.
