Jelly shoes have made it into another summer, and they are looking a little more surreal than they did a year ago. The 2025 jelly shoe comeback was easy to map: The Row’s viral netted flat, Skims’ sold-out jelly style , Melissa collaborations and a steady current of childhood nostalgia put the plastic summer shoe back into rotation. This year, material and form are doing more of the work, giving the trend more to run on than a quick hit of nostalgia. Chloé has pulled the jelly shoe toward something softer and smokier. After Chemena Kamali helped push the material forward on the spring 2025 runway , the house kept developing it for summer 2026 with transparent TPU mules and sandals, including runway-marked Junie styles with clear uppers and kitten heels and mule styles.…