9 5 0 s ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁both ▁innov ative ▁and ▁gl am orous . ▁Sh arp , ▁geometric ▁patterns ▁celebrated ▁the ▁machine ▁age , ▁while ▁ex otic ▁cre ations ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁Near ▁and ▁Far ▁East ▁hint ed ▁that ▁j ew el ry ▁f ash ions ▁were ▁truly ▁international ." ▁ ▁Sho es ▁were ▁finally ▁visible ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁Before , ▁long ▁gar ments ▁covered ▁up ▁sho es , ▁so ▁they ▁wer en ' t ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁of ▁women ▁fashion . ▁Now , ▁sho es ▁were ▁seen ▁by ▁everyone ▁and ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁part ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁Women ▁had ▁all ▁kinds ▁of ▁sho es ▁for ▁all ▁kinds ▁of ▁events . ▁Everything ▁from ▁house ▁sho es , ▁walking ▁sho es , ▁dan cing ▁sho es , ▁sport ing ▁sho es , ▁to ▁sw imming ▁sho es . ▁The ▁sh oe ▁industry ▁became ▁an ▁important ▁industry ▁that ▁transformed ▁the ▁way ▁we ▁buy ▁sho es ▁today . ▁Sho es ▁were ▁made ▁in ▁standard ▁sizes ▁perfect ▁to ▁order ▁from ▁fashion ▁catalog s ▁to ▁the ▁near ▁bout ique . ▁In ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁Mary ▁Jan es ▁were ▁still ▁popular ▁from ▁previous ▁era , ▁although ▁they ▁p aved ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁many ▁other ▁sho es . ▁The ▁T - strap ▁he el ▁was ▁a ▁variation ▁of ▁the ▁Mary ▁Jane , ▁having ▁the ▁same ▁base ▁with ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁a ▁st rap ▁going ▁around