Zoë Kravitz was photographed in New York City on August 22, 2026, finishing off a casual outfit with a pair of black suede ballet flats. The flats had a high-vamp silhouette and a slight heel, and she paired them with distressed denim jeans, a cropped white T-shirt and a Saint Laurent Hortense leather shoulder bag in black, which retails for $4,000, according to Marie Claire. The exact flats have been reported, though not confirmed, as Maryam Nassir Zadeh's 40 Roberta Leather Ballet Flats.
Rather than anchoring the outfit with a heel or sneaker, Kravitz used the flats to add a small amount of structure to an otherwise relaxed look. The high-vamp cut, which closes over most of the foot instead of exposing the toes the way a classic ballet flat does, gives the shoe a sleeker, more finished line. Combined with the Hortense bag's structured shoulder shape, the flats kept the outfit from reading as purely thrown-together, even though every other piece, the jeans, the tee, was simple.
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This is not an isolated footwear choice for Kravitz. She wore a lower-vamp, bow-trimmed version of the style at an August 2025 "Caught Stealing" photo call, paired with a Saint Laurent V-neck dress, per WWD. By this past March, she had moved into the higher-vamp cut she wore again in August, spotted solo in New York, per Marie Claire. The same silhouette has shown up on other figures this year: Kendall Jenner wore The Row's Eva Slipper in Los Angeles on February 6, then again after Ralph Lauren's Fall 2026 runway show on February 10 and at Milan Fashion Week on February 24. Jennifer Lawrence wore turquoise blue Khaite ostrich ballet flats with a Jacquemus leopard-print coat in New York on January 10. Marie Claire's fashion team has linked the style's spread to Spring 2026 runway shows at Toteme and Jil Sander, though that framing reflects one publication's characterization rather than a runway house's own statement.
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There is some independent commercial data supporting the flats' reach beyond individual outfits. Lyst's Q1 2026 index reported that Miu Miu topped its quarterly brand ranking for the first time, attributing part of that shift to global demand for the brand's ballet flats. Who What Wear has also covered a budget Old Navy flat styled as a lookalike for The Row's Stella Flats, another high-vamp style Kravitz has worn, suggesting the silhouette has moved across price points rather than staying at the luxury level.
