Imperfect Insiders Blog

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...

Black Friday message to the big dancewear brands

Last BLACK FRIDAY 2022 Imperfect Pointes made a call out asking the big dancewear brands, to commit to stopping OVER PRODUCTION. The dance world does not need any more Christmas themed leota...

You're Hired! Great reasons to have an ex-principal ballerina on the team 

As a former Principal Soloist with Northern Ballet I am able to give a unique insight into the day to day needs of a dancer and everything that a professional career in ballet throws at you. So wha...