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Kitten Heels
HeelsFeminineChanged this month: cooling → normalized
NormalizedStage 5 of 7 · trending down
attention 100wikipedia 30breadth 98persistence 100velocity 42Always shown with the index, never as a lone score.
Who is wearing it?
Age data coming soonAwaiting our demographic source. We don't guess.
Where is it popular?
- Washington DC 100
- New York 84
- New Jersey 83
- California 80
Ranked by share of each state's own searches, not by market size. Small states surface here often for that reason.
How widespread is it?
Regions (US)high (0.98)
RetailInsufficient evidence
AgeInsufficient evidence
Why it's happening
Utility-driven adoption52%
Normalization48%
Bottom line
Settled into the everyday: sitting at its own all-time high, with growth inside a calm band and a baseline that holds. Interest is persistent and steady, which reads as everyday use rather than a moment.
1Discovery2Rising3Peak4Cooling5Normalized6Dormant↻Revival
Phase history (5 years)
2022-01 normalized→2023-01 rising→2024-01 rising→2025-01 rising→2026-01 rising→2026-06 normalized(retrospective diagnosis; see How it works)
Based on Google Trends + WikipediaModerate evidenceUpdated 2026-07-26Evidence gaps: retail sell-through, resale prices, street-style imagery, age dataHow we compute this →
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