New Delhi, May 14 -- Move over loafers. The most popular shoes of this season seem to the ballet flats.

They have flooded social media timelines in the past month as the ultimate "cool-girl shoes", with celebrities like Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Dua Lipa often seen sporting them.

Given their increasing popularity, luxury and fast fashion brands are now offering different versions of the ballet flats. Among them, the ballet sneaker is enjoying the most limelight, since it offers the comfort of a sneaker and the romance of a ballet shoe. Take the LV Sneakerina, a lace-up trainer and ballet flat cross, for instance. Or, Chanel's Mary Jane ballets with cutesy bow detailing.

Their popularity rose with Audrey Hepburn sporting them in th...