DIY Punkette Ballerinas

Good kittens,

The hour is grave. Miu Miu regularly releases shoes that make me completely lose my mind, but like seriously because I'm even asking myself the question: how can I buy this pair of shoes for 500 bucks? Losing my mind, especially when with that kind of money I could buy a dishwasher, for example, which would be much more useful in my day-to-day life! So, as I'm sure you're probably all as unfaithful as I am when it comes to shoes, and you don't have the Kardashian family's budget for shoes, I've concocted a little DIY express to give the illusion that you've spent a fortune to get Madonna's Like a Virgin shoes!

You'll need..:

• a pair of powder-pink leather ballet flats that you can have re-sewn.
• 2 cm wide ribbon in black imitation leather.
• 3 cm wide black and white gingham ribbon.
• 4 2cm belt buckles.
• Box of 50 4mm Prym eyelets.
• Leather punch.
• hammer.
• Leather needle and black cord.
• Punch or pen and ruler.

Cut 4 strips of imitation leather 30 cm long and, using a punch or a critérium, make a small mark every 1.5cm, to mark the location of your future eyelets. Then, using the hole punch, choose a diameter that's not too big - around 4mm - and punch holes every 1.5cm.

Place the eyelets in the holes, using the pliers supplied in your Prym box. Start flattening your eyelets with a hammer. Take your time and make your 4 strips.

Take your leather ribbon and measure 11 cm, fold your strip in half and mark the middle with a punch or critérium. Then pierce the 4 strips using the hole punch.

Insert the loops into the faux-leather strips. Then fold in half!

To hold the loops in place, stitch by hand using the leather needle and black cord. And now comes the tricky part, because you have to pierce the ballerina's leather, which is particularly thick. Attach the loop loops to the ballerinas. Feel free to try on the ballerinas and place the loop loops on them, then secure them temporarily with pins.

Then attach the eyelet strips permanently. Then it's time to sew the gingham ribbons onto the back of the ballerina. I advise you to place the ribbon at an angle in the shoe, so that it sits snugly behind your malleoli. And I'd like to say TA-DA!

At this point, you can go to your shoemaker to have your ballerinas resoled if they're real ballet shoes, otherwise you're off for a frolic! And I think you can even up-graduate this DIY by making a thin leather ring on the loop loops to hold the eyelets in place! Love and kisses