Imperfect Insiders Blog

How to be more sustainable as a dancer... the Imperfect way!

As the mum of an up-and-coming ballet dancer, I was frustrated that, within the multimillion-pound dancewear industry, very few brands are focusing on sustainability. Things haven't changed that mu...

Sustainable tights on Stage - Scottish Ballet's Snow Queen

Sparkle at Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen with our sustainable ballet tights on stage Scottish Ballet’s spectacular and much-loved production of The Snow Queen returns to the stage, after its sel...

Black Friday - from the POV of a sustainable dancewear brand

This will be our 4th Black Friday as a small sustainable dancewear brand. It is always one of the biggest challenges for brands that wan to avoid promoting mindless consumption that feels at odds w...

World Ballet Day 2022 - the sustainable dancewear wrap-up

November 2nd 2022 was World Ballet Day, returning for it's 9th year running. It's always an exciting day as we all get an insider’s view into dance companies around the globe. From morning class an...

Emerging Ballet Dancers - Skya Powney

This week, we caught up with Skya Powney, Artist of the Junior Company at the Dutch National Ballet and one of our most recent ballet content creators.We asked her all of the important ballet quest...

Convertible Ballet Tights - How our new transition tights are making a more Sustainable Dancewear industry

We are on a mission to change the dancewear industry for good by showing others that you can produce sustainably, without sacrificing great quality and design. We began our mission with leotards an...

Summer in the Studio

Yesterday, Imperfect Pointes stepped into Pineapple Dance Studios to wear test some tights and leotards. With temperatures rising, we wanted to see if our favourites could stand up to summer in the...