Narrator: Hi, I'm Rio, and I'm the owner of Kim's Shoe and Bag Repair. Today, I am doing a restoration on a pair of Chanel ballerina flats ... rubber heel plates. I'm drawing a line in pencil ...

But its actually one of the few factories filling a critical role in the changing world of ballet. Why? Because these pointe shoes are made specifically for brown-skinned ballerinas. Ballet Black ...

At the time, there were no brown shoes for our little ballerinas. Everything, everywhere, “ballet pink.” So, it was on us to make sure that when they went on stage, the sweet thru line of ...