The High-Fashion Guide to Nailing the Ballerina Bun

It's hard to find a woman these days who has never taken a ballet class—even if it was only for a year, when you were five, and you cried the entire time. As a former ballet dancer, who continues to take class in her free time (seeing yourself in a leotard and tights is probably the best motivator for staying in shape, I've found), one of the most common things people say to me is, "I wish I had never quit." There's a grace and poise ballet dancers gain that is timelessly beautiful and quite enviable, and backstage at Valentino today, it's something the hair and makeup teams tried to emulate.