Episode 7 — and the Season 1 finale — of Pump Fiction is live.

After a season of slingbacks, stilettos, Tabis and Armadillos, we are coming back down to earth — literally.

This week, we are talking about the Miu Miu ballerina, the flat that made the internet plié and turned balletcore from a niche mood board into a global movement.

Born on the Fall/Winter 2022 runway and raised on TikTok, these satin slippers redefined power dressing without adding a single inch of height.

Here are three things you probably didn’t know about Miu Miu’s most delicate statement shoe — unless you have already been late to brunch in them:

Come for the flats, stay for the finale — and the story of how a shoe that doesn’t make you taller still managed to stand above them all.