It's Official: All the Cool Girls Are Ditching Ballet Flats With Bows and Wearing This Trend Instead

By Swedan MargenDecember 19, 2025

Not to succumb to hyperbole and say that traditional ballet flats with the little bows are "dead", because people do still wear them and they're a classic, but I'm certainly seeing a shift as of late. Kendall Jenner is one of the It girls who continues to confirm that the new cool-girl ballet flats have been established, and she just did so again.

While out in Hollywood with friends this week, Jenner paired her The Row Ophelia sweater with relaxed-fitting black pants and a croc-embossed tote bag. On her feet were a pair of minimalist ballet flats, sans-bows. The flats (also by The Row, of course) were made of soft leather and had a subtly squared toe. Jenner has excellent taste and a casually sophisticated aesthetic that everyone understandably wants to emulate, so you can trust that if she wears something, it's cool. But she's not alone—plenty of influencers and her fellow It girls have been embracing the trend as of late.

Pared-down ballet flats are a prominent style among The Row's shoe lineup, and since The Row influences countless other brands, there's a plethora of options to choose from. Keep scrolling to shop some of them and to see minimalist ballet flats on Jenner and a few other cool girls.