Tory Burch created the brand's first ballet flat in 2006 and named it after her mother, Reva, and its instant success in sales is attributed to have put the brand on the map. If you were even vaguely conscious around the 2000s, you'll remember the Reva flats literally everywhere. Every celebrity had one, and so did every regular person who could afford it.



Why did they become so popular? Tory herself attributes the success to the simplicity of the piece itself: “When you have such a simple shape, there are so many ways you can evolve it over time. Anything goes,” she shared in a 2022 Vogue interview. She also shared that her intention was to create a ballet flat that would be comfortable, featuring a rubber sole and elastic heel, but also high quality. Plastering the big “T” on the cap of the shoe wasn't meant as a logo, but as an artistic piece of the design itself, integrated into the flat.
Back when they launched, they were styled with skinny jeans, leggings or low waisted microshorts, going-out tops layered with a bussiness-casual blazer and either a statement necklace or an infinity scarf.



It's hard to read this or look at these pics and not immediately recoil at the two thousand and ten-ness of it all. It might be even harder to imagine how one could bring back a style that was so iconic of a time in street fashion no one really wants to remember. However, that's exactly what Tory Burch did. In September 2024, during NYFW, Tory Burch reintroduced the Reva flat in her spring-summer 2025 collection.


The flats appeard on the runway in a slightly wider shape, with a more rounded toe and new cutout logo hardware. She paired them with wide-leg flowy pants and bathing suits, and had the models carrying mostly hobo bags, some stamped with the brand's logo. The collection also featured a reinterpretation of peep-toe shoes, with a decentralized and slashed opening. Here is the full collection if you want to take a look.






I never owned a pair of Revas, but I've been looking for a new reliable pair of flats that could take the everyday grind and Tory Burch came to mind. What really settled it for me was when trend forecaster Mandy Lee predicted in her substack newsletter, Cyclical, the return of the Reva flats as a trend for 2025. Since whatever Mandy says usually comes to be in the fashion world, I decided to go for it and snag myself an OG pair from an online thrift.
I went for a textured silver pair with a silver logo, as I like my shoes to be some form of statement piece in my outfits (as much as I also enjoy a good ol’ pair of black shoes). At a great price point and excellent condition, the only thing left to do was to style them.
Which is the fun part, if that wasn't clear.
I decided to take inspo from the recent runway collection and challenge myself to extract from the outfits what I think made them work and made the Revas feel fresh and new, instead of outdated. Then, I planned some outfits on Indyx (a platform for uploading your wardrobe and building looks) and wore them to work throughout the week.
First look: the sandwich method



The model sports a dark top paired with a printed bottom with a mix of light and dark colors, and dark accessories. I interpreted this as an iteration of the “sandwich method”, which consists of alternating 2 colors between the top and bottom of your look, “sandwiching” one in the middle.
Since my flats are a light color, I paired them with a sleeveless ribbed top and black satin pants, both from Zara, for a work-from-home look. I don't have printed pants nearly as cool as the Tory Burch ones, but the ones I chose have a rouched texture to them. I also got my Prada crossbody bag as an add-on if I wanted to head out during the day.
Second look: playing with contrast





For the second look, I focused on the contrast between the upper and lower parts of the outfit. The model wears a dark maroon top and brown shades, paired with white, thinly striped pants, nude flats and a white bag with black logo.
I got two outfits out of this. I started from the bottom, matching my silver flats to grey pants from a brazillian brand called NV and a gray Longchamp tote for the first outfit, and contrasted them with a black top and slim black sunnies, which were my grandma's from the 90s. For the second outfit, I exchanged the gray pants and bag for a cream pair of pants from Bo.bo (also a brazillian brand) and a Gucci monogram hobo bag and kept the same black top and sunglasses for contrast.
It's summer in Brazil, so I need all the breathability I can get, but I put a thrifted Banana Republic blazer as an option for layering in the first outfit, which could also be worn in the second one (and really any black coat could be used here for this purpuse).
Third look: structure, lightness and color



The next outfit I built was based on this white cropped jacket and jean trousers look. From this I took away the playfulness between the flowy wide leg pants and hobo bag against the structure from the jacket, belt, flats and classic design of the trousers themselves, together with pops of color from the flats and earrings.
I repeated my grey trousers because of their lightness and paired them with a taylored cropped blazer from brazillian brand Le Lis Blanc, together with a black leather belt from Mango. The pops of color came from the silver flat itself, which also brings structure, from a burgundy Longchamp hobo bag, which also brings a bit of a maleable/flowy element, and a pair of electric blue hoops.
Fourth look: varying tones



For the last runway-inspired outfit, I chose pieces that were somewhere in the same palette. The model wears a dark blue and black outfit, with the slight contrast in the look coming from the varying dark tones.
Since my flats are silver, I went for a light palette, based on gray tones, choosing the same gray trousers, which were clearly my workhorse for the week, grey Longchamp bag, a white boatneck top from Zara and topped it off with small silver hoops. A light grey top could've definetly worked here, but I look lik a sick victorian child in an all-gray outfit, so… we work with what we get.
Bonus outfits




I was also inspired to build 2 additional outfits, both featuring a slightly oversized grey sweater from Zarawith a golden bracelet styled over the sleeves. For the first fit I added plum-colored trousers from NV, and my gray Longchamp tote with the intention of wearing it to work in the colder months. For the second, I exchanged the trousers for white jeans with contrasting stitching from brazillian brand Maria Filó, and paired them with a little pouch bag from Zadig & Voltaire. This would be more of a going out look for me since I don't tend to wear jeans to work, but you could totally swap out the little bag for a work tote if jeans are a part of your workplace dress code.
I know my outfits aren't the same as the runway looks, but that's exactly the point! This is about working with your wardrobe and using inspo pics as a way to create and reimagine the pieces you already have, and it's also a way of staying true to yourself and to your personal style.
I'll see you at the next end of your shift, beijinhos (xx)