ASICS turns GEL-Filimy Glacier into a strapped-up sneaker-sandal for summer

The heel-heavy sneaker has been thinned into something stranger and better for summer. ASICS’ GEL-FILIMY Glacier leans into that awkward-cool sweet spot with an open mesh upper, a belt-type closure system, pull tabs and a metallic toe panel, all wrapped around a chunky sole that makes the shoe read more like trail gear than a beach slide.

At $96, the GEL-FILIMY lands in the exact price band where summer footwear gets interesting: low enough to feel impulsive, but detailed enough to look considered. ASICS lists the unisex sportstyle shoe in Glacier Grey and Piedmont Grey under style 1203A165-020, and the brand’s Canada and Singapore product pages put the model at $95.00 and S$139.00, respectively. That pricing matters because the look it is selling, part dad sandal, part hiking shoe, usually comes with a higher fashion markup once a label decides to make it ironic.

The silhouette itself is the point. Sean Tirman framed the shoe as an affordable hiking sandal, and the description fits the current shift in warm-weather footwear: not less shoe, but more shoe, with more hardware. Gear Patrol described the GEL-FILIMY as a 2025 launch built for warm-weather adventures, calling out the grippy outsole, breathable mesh upper, durable nylon straps, reinforced toe caps, heel pull tabs and neoprene at the vamp and collar. That mix gives the shoe the texture of a trail runner that has been cut open and reassembled for city streets.

Highsnobiety pushed the read further, describing the GEL-FILIMY Glacier as a strapped-up dad sandal with a metallic toe panel, and noting that ASICS has already started feeding the model into Spring/Summer 2026 with new colorways like Mineral Beige. The site also reported that older black and grey versions had returned on ASICS Japan’s site at around $85, which is the kind of sub-$100 pricing that makes this category easy to test before it becomes overexposed.

What keeps the GEL-FILIMY from feeling like a novelty is ASICS’ larger trail-hybrid logic. The brand has spent years turning performance archives into streetwear-ready shapes, and the GEL-NANDI 360 makes that strategy plain: ASICS says it channels the original GEL-NANDI running shoe from the 1990s while blending heritage trail-running design with modern tooling. The GEL-FILIMY follows the same playbook, only with more air, more straps and a little more summer heat.