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There is a story behind this pair of size 15 ballet flats.

Back in 2016, I was going through Pinterest looking at stuff. When I came across a really girly pair of ballet flats with these outrageous bows on them. It was a pin uploaded by an Australian company calling themselves "Shoes of Prey". At that moment I fell in love with those shoes. I have to get myself a pair. I was in luck they had a working website. All flats started at 89 dollars a piece. Okay, the price seems right. Come to find out, it a custom shoe company that makes shoes in various styles and colors to your liking. The catch is all adornments have a-la-carte pricing. If you want two different colors it was 20 dollars extra, add a strap or a bow it was 10 dollars extra. If I ordered the same ballet flats I saw in the Pinterest post, it would cost me 240 dollars before shipping and taxes. I paused, stared at the screen and had to think about it.

Unknowingly, I didn't realize I was typing all of this information into a zombie website. A month prior, the couple that was running the business settled a divorce and as part of the settlement the business was going to cease operations. At the time of the divorce, this company was booming. They were supplying high end department store around the world with their shoes. This was one of the first online companies that was completely inclusive about their footwear. Since they were a custom shop, Shoes of Prey made shoes in womens sizes 2 to 15. They made it known they were gay friendly and had few citations from the gay community for their cooperation. All of this good work was flushed down the tubes because two people couldn't get along.

Unable to order anything from them, I automatically put out a eBay saved search for the brand. In about 6 months of searches, this pair of ballet flats came up on eBay. This pair was in California and was a size 15. Shoot. The buyer put up measurements in the description. I convinced myself I can make it happen because these shoes are very similar to the Pinterest post I saw. A couple of days later, I merrily paid the buyer whatever she wanted for them. In two weeks time they came to my door.

This are lightly worn. It had the instep strap and bows in front and back. The black and white color was reversed on the Pinterest post but it has the front and back bows minus the strap. When I tried them on, boy are they long. My feet slip in and out of them with ease. I couldn't wear them but I figured to keep them around at a reminder of an opportunity missed. No other pair like these has surfaced anywhere through 3rd party sellers.