Shoes like Jagger: The surprising footwear trend kicking off sneakers
Footwear designers are turning their attention away from basketball courts and the athletic track to dance studios for inspiration as jazz shoes make a claim to being the strongest and sassiest contender for the shoe of spring.
You can't run a marathon in them, but you will always be ready for a spontaneous performance of Chicago the musical.
'The jazz shoe trend taps into the balletcore revival, blending everyone's love for nostalgic dancewear with modern street style,' says stylist Elliot Garnaut, who has worked with Shanina Shaik, Karl Stefanovic, Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding. 'Sleek, minimal and universally wearable, they're fast replacing the statement sneaker as the off-duty footwear for people in fashion.'
Gaining momentum after appearing on the Celine runway at Paris Fashion Week, the jazz shoe could finally supplant the supremacy of sneaker styles, embraced by billionaire Rupert Murdoch for his most recent wedding and US President Trump.
The French fashion brand is luxury conglomerate LVMH's third-largest label, behind Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, with estimated annual sales of €2.5 billion ($4.4 billion). Michael Rider's debut as creative director at Celine featured a series of slim-line leather jazz shoes in white and black, signalling a significant shift in the direction of footwear.
At first glance, the low and laced leather shoes could be mistaken for ballet slippers or Derby styles, enjoying a resurgence at Chanel, but there's a crucial difference according to Vince Lebon, founder of Melbourne footwear label Rollie Nation.
'The jazz shoe is not as rigid as other traditional shoes and differs from the Derby as it has a flexible two-piece outsole, the heel pad and the forefoot pad,' Lebon says. 'The jazz shoe typically sits closer to the ground which allows for further stability. If a dancer is jumping in the air, they want to land confidently.'
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