These cute vegan lace up jellies by F-Troupe are listed as “bathing shoes”, whatever that is. I guess that’s the only way brightly coloured, flat jelly pumps can get onto a semi posh designer’s collection. 
Whether you want to bathe in them is really your choice, but they are shiny and pretty and the open sides make them airy too. Good for summer, for your holiday or just to show off the electro-like brightness or funkiness. They come in lots of other colours. The ones available on this site are this blue, black or pink.
You can get them at gargyle.
In the UK, you can get them from http://www.f-troupe.com.
These are so fun! I really want a pair of these. They’re by Irregular Choice, which is why they are so bright and crazy, even though they have a relatively simple shape. The other shoes in this range come with a fabric top, I think, but I am pretty sure these are rubber / plastic rather than fabric.
These are the sort of shoes that would make any simple outfit shine. You can instantly stand out even if you’re just wearing jeans and a t shirt. The lazy fashionista in me loves that.
You can get them directly from Irregular Choice.
Another mad one from Melissa Shoes. How can sandals look at once so stylish and so crazy?
Yes, that is a plastic mouse stuck on the side of the sandal. Don’t ask me why there is a plastic mouse there, there just is. However, the funky pattern makes these sandals look oddly classy for footwear adorned with a plastic mouse. I actually tagged these with smart casual, as I think you could get away with wearing them somewhere that requires a fashionable attire but can tolerate a certain amount of funk.
I found these on the Melissa site (where there are plenty more colours) but these particular ones are on sale from the Asos site.
If you’re in the UK and have been inspired by my recent postings about woven jelly sandals and perforated 80s vintage jelly shoes, then here’s a pair of rather similar jellies hailing from the UK. These have more of a woven effect than the Marc Jacobs ones I wrote about, meaning you now have a choice of similar but not identical patterns. I am not sure which ones I like best, though I do like the colour choices on these ones better than the gold and black. They come in an assortment of fun colours and they only cost 18 quid, making them a very viable and fun beach shoe choice.
The hot pink and orange versions are pretty neon, meaning they wouldn’t shame your 80s tropical beach theme attire.
You can get these from Office. I think they deliver internationally too.
Well, before we go any further, I have to say – I don’t have a link for you to get a hold of these particular shoes. I found these beauties on a beautiful lady at a designer clothes sale in Tel Aviv and just had to grab them for my blog. Apart from the super hot pink colour, they have pointy toes, are perforated and are laced with funky laces (I assume those were added by the model herself).
These are apparently actual vintage 80s shoes by Gali, an iconic Israeli brand (and by iconic, I mean iconically so bad it’s almost cool). She picked them up at the Jaffa flea market, having not been able to resist (and who could resist these???)
So the lessons that can be learned from today’s post are:
check out your local flea market (or ebay) for vintage / retro plastic shoes. Apparently the 80s had some pretty wicked things.
Also… if you are a bit handy with the craft stuff, you may be able to get some flat plastic or rubber boots and cut them up to look this cool (though the cool perforation effect may take some time to do and drive you crazy).
You could also check out these cool vegan plastic shoes I wrote about the other day.
After writing about the extremely hot recycled vegan boots made from plastic bags, my friend Laura (hi Laura!) sent me this, which she found on Craftzine.com. These are basically simple vegan rain boots that you can make yourself using fused plastic bags. OK, so they’re not quite as amazing as the Chilean version, but they are still pretty damn cute, plus you can make them yourself without needing to learn Spanish. The designer took his inspiration from Ugg boots, so if you like the Ugg boots shape (which I on the whole don’t), you’ll love these even more.
They were originally designed to empower cartoneros – poor people in Buenos Aires that make a living out of collecting plastic bags. So we have a good cause, an environmentally-friendly enterprise and, of course, pretty funky boots! I like.
You can get the instructions for making these on Craftzine.
Here’s another plastic / rubber creation from Marc Jacobs. This time, for the more grown up in style. These cute, Italian-made little black heels are classic enough to go with your little black dress. More importantly, look at how shiny and sleek they are!
They definitely get my vote for cool summer sandals you can dress down (cause they’re rubber) or up (cause of the design) and wear with everything – short, long, casual or even smart. Ish.
You can get them from Zappos.
Aren’t these fun and girlie? I like the cut out design and the little wedge, plus the ribbon makes a nice touch. Yup, rubber is definitely a vegan’s friend when it comes to summer footwear.
They are by Marc Jacob, and you can get them on the Zappos site. They come in a few different colours that are all rather cute and there’s also classic black for the purists.
These gold cut out rubber beauties are also by Marc Jacobs and also on Zappos. Are they shoes? Are they sandals? Either way, they’re unusual and sort of sexy (with the right outfit) and they also come in black.
I sort of like Stella McCartney. I’d like to like her more than I do, because the world needs more vegan designer shoes, but she does use “eco-leather” in some of her shoes, which is not very vegan or even vegetarian. It’s like having a gourmet restaurant that says it’s vegetarian and then serves fish. Still, some of her shoes are indeed vegan and very gorgeous, like these plastic-fantastic heels that are just…wow. I’m not entirely sold on the colour, but am loving the design and the use of lucite, which instantly takes me back to the spirit of the 50s, before plastic became the material of choice.
This is when I get really happy about having vegan (or mostly vegan) designers out there, as vinyl shoes are not unheard of in high-fashion circles, but you’ll usually get something cruel and unnecessary like a leather lining or insole to make you feel like you’re getting your money’s worth.
Here you can just enjoy the beauty of the shoe itself.
You can get these (at a discounted price) from TheOutnet.com
Aren’t these fun? Writing about summery jelly sandals has gotten me in the mood for summer…And in the mood for jellies. And there’s always room for jellies, right?
These are made in Brazil by the other “original jelly shoe company” as in, not Melissa Shoes.
It’s handbags at dawn in a to-the-death fight for the title!
As you’d expect from a Brazilian shoe, they’re sexy as hell and beach-ready, perfect to wear with your teeny weeny polka-dot bikini. Isn’t it funny how a little fake stone can totally upgrade a shoe?
Yes, in a hot country where women spend so much time tanning on the beach and walking around in the sun, you gotta put some thought into your sandals, cause they gotta be both practical and sexy. Well, here they are!
I know it’s not quite summer yet, but I’m hoping if I keep posting up pictures of gorgeous summer shoes, we’re all just going to will it to happen. The sooner the better!
You can get these hot vegan sandals here.
There’s also a black, slightly different version with a starfish instead of a jewel.
