It’s all heat and sun-baked hours from here on out. Yet whether you’re sticking it out or planning to hit the Mediterranean coast and earn some massive aura points to your hot girl summer, some key sartorial concerns remain. Some might be keeping their transitional layers clean and uncomplicated. Fresh linens and light cottons would make up a cornerstone of the wardrobe during this period of time. A trusty pair of black sunnies would be kept close at all times; no lunch hour runs nor saunters through coastal towns possible without it. As for the choice of footwear? It’s a dependable, breathable pair of sandals that we all need—and preferably one that screams of summer and vacation time.
Lucky for us, the biggest sandal revival of 2025 ticks all the boxes for the best of us. Welcome back, jelly sandals—all the way back from the aughts. Scour the Internet, and you’ll find little Kirsten Dunst in her pair of jellies during the 1995 MTV Music Awards. As for who brought on the revival? We have the Olsen twins to thank for that. What started as The Row’s controversial cage construction—first seen at the brand’s spring/summer 2024 show in Paris—has sparked new silhouette iterations, such as Tory Burch’s Mary Jane shoe or the heeled flip-flop style Rihanna’s already devoured for an over-water ride in the Barbados, courtesy of her very own collab with Puma of course.
The PVC ‘jelly’ sandal is equal parts fun and fanciful—its latest market additions inducing a colourful scene of the wonderfully weird shoe. It’s no surprise, considering the fact that the eccentric show choice is notably a practical one as well—its waterproof exterior that’ll have you scaling rocky coasts with ease already earning itself votes as the ultimate beach-approved number.
So between fisherman silhouettes and trendy flip-flop styles, we’re calling it: these colourful jelly sandals—idyllic in their own little way—will be your fashion-forward cue to pen in an invigorating escapade in the weeks to come. Carpe diem!
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Ancient Greek Sandals slingback sandals, $274
Available at Net-a-Porter.
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Ancient Greek Sandals PVC flip flops, $288
Available at Net-a-Porter.
