Ganni and Melissa launch jelly-inspired flip-flops for Copenhagen summer

Ganni has made a persuasive business case for the flip-flop, and not as a throwaway beach shoe. In its new capsule with Melissa, the Copenhagen label pushed the warm-weather staple into polished territory, dressing it in the codes that keep Ganni’s wardrobe instantly recognizable: bold color, frills, leopard print and a little jelly-shoe nostalgia. The result is a compact, highly wearable collaboration built for the part of summer dressing that moves from work to swimming to dinner, then maybe dancing.

The capsule arrives in two styles, the Melissa Thong Kitten Heel and the Melissa Flip Flop Slim, each meant to read as a small statement rather than a basic. One leans into an elevated classic flip-flop shape; the other adds a ruffled strap that gives the shoe a softer, more feminine line. Colorways span red, yellow, blue, black and leopard print, with the blue version labeled Scuba Blue and the brown version called Demitasse. At $115 in the United States and €95 in Europe, the pair sits in the accessible designer-collaboration zone, a price point that invites impulse and styling reach without diluting the brand cachet.

That positioning is exactly the point. Ganni and Melissa are not asking shoppers to invest in an occasion shoe with a single use case. They are selling a summer uniform piece that works with bare legs, easy dresses and relaxed tailoring, and they are doing it with scarcity baked in. Ganni’s site framed the drop as coming soon and limited-edition, with sign-up access for early notification, a familiar move now, but one that still sharpens desire when the product is this simple and instantly legible.

The collaboration also makes sense as brand architecture. Melissa, born in Brazil in 1979 from an idea inspired by fishermen’s sandals on the French Riviera, has long treated partnerships as part of its identity, from Jean-Paul Gaultier in 1983 to later work with Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Zaha Hadid and Jeremy Scott. Ganni, founded in 2000, has built its reputation on a playful, accessible Copenhagen point of view. Paulo Pedó called out that mix of attitude, irreverence and a more conscious approach; Ditte Reffstrup said she grew up with jelly shoes and wanted the capsule to carry Ganni’s own signatures. In other words, this is not just a sandal launch. It is a neat, shareable proof of how two brands can turn a modest object into a clear seasonal message.