Trend Alert: Geometrics

Geometrics are in architecture, space, astronomy, and practically everywhere you turn, so it was only a matter of time that spheres and angles showed up in footwear. Maybe its the marriage of symmetry and math or linearity, but I'm wild for shoe geometry. A few luxury designers have debut their take on footwear math.

Geometry has been in fashion for decades and made a soft premiere in the 1920's with art deco influences in dress silhouette. This expression of art was more about a lifestyle that can be scene depicted in books like The Great Gatsby.

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"The term was used to refer to an aesthetic and period of art between 1909 and 1939," Jesse of 1920s FashionandMusic.com said, "This period was certainly not limited to fashion. The movement spun off from the avant-garde movements of the Cubist and Fauve painters in the early years of the 20th century."

French designer Paul Poiret, translated art deco aesthetic into fashion. Poiret's fashion influence can be seen from western fashion with exotic Egyptian undertones and regional folk inspiration.

Geometrics made a bold statement in the mid 60s. Outspoken colors and repetitious shapes was a staple look at the time. Take a look below.

Now shoe designers are resurrecting the geometric trend a modern way. For example, the balance of a shoe mounted on a hollowed rectangular prism. I find that this era of geometrics is about symmetry.