No need to break a sweat; balletcore is not an intense workout that focuses on your core muscles. Instead, it’s the aesthetic making a comeback for 2025 after pirouetting across TikTok and Pinterest last year.
If the spring/summer 2025 runways are anything to go by, all things ballet, from strappy flats to cross-waist jumpers are coming back in a big way. Simone Rocha’s models wore full tutus under cutout jumpers paired with crystal-embellished socks, Yuhan Wang leaned into the lace look with a bodysuit under a flouncy mini skirt, and Ferragamo took the trend literally with a high-fashion take on a barre look.
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Victor VIRGILE
Balletcore embodies the idea of hyper-femininity, the aesthetic inspired by the performance costumes of dancers and the outfits they wear at rehearsals. However, 2025 marks the rise of balletcore 2.0, which has a slightly edgier slant to the original wave. If you’re keen to get on the updated trend, think: super-sharp peplums a la JW Anderson (we’re calling it Space Barbie) and bright, bordering lurid colours as seen in the Christopher Kane collection for Self-Portrait.
Then again, the original balletcore look is always a timeless bet, and makes for a really cute fitness ‘fit to get your excited for your workouts. Wrap tops, bodysuits, sweetheart necklines, legwarmers, earmuffs, tulle, mini wrap skirts, ribbons, Ugg boots, the list goes on. Oh, and the ballet flats, of course.
The aesthetic has been found on several celebrities’ feeds. Last summer, Olivia Rodrigo supported the trend in her music video ‘Brutal’.
Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney was styled in a baby blue wrap top, with her hair up in the show’s latest season. Her co-star Hunter Schafer and Alexa Demise are also spotted wearing essences of edgier Balletcore on their Instagrams last year.
