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Mesh Ballet Flats
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Mesh Ballet Flats

FlatsSheer
RisingStage 2 of 7 · trending up
79/ 100
Momentum Index
attention 45breadth 95persistence 96velocity 100Always 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?

  1. Wyoming 100
  2. Washington DC 47
  3. New York 42
  4. New Jersey 31

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 (0.95)
RetailInsufficient evidence
AgeInsufficient evidence

Why it's happening

Hype-driven growth57%
Utility-driven adoption43%

Bottom line

Growing faster than the market as a whole. It is running at about half its record, so this is a climb rather than a comeback. The shape is hype rather than habit: fast growth on an unsteady base.

Phase history (5 years)

2022-01 dormant2023-01 rising2024-01 peak hype2025-01 rising2026-01 normalized2026-06 rising(retrospective diagnosis; see How it works)
Based on Google TrendsLimited evidenceUpdated 2026-07-26Evidence gaps: retail sell-through, resale prices, street-style imagery, age data, Wikipedia coverageHow we compute this →

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