They had already used the technique, which they call “zigzag", to create a range furniture items, such as chairs, stools and screens, with loosely-woven seats backs and surfaces. The same process seemed appropriate to moulded “jelly" shoes, since the resulting fabric has numerous gaps that would allow air to circulate around the feet.
The brothers began experimenting with 3 mm (1�?�8 in) diameter aluminium wire, which they hand-wove into the shape of a shoe. This prototype was then refined by Melissa’s designers to create the open-weave effect of the final product. The result is a range of three types of moulded plastic shoe – high-heeled, low-heeled and tennis – and a bag. All are in an range of primary colours plus black and white.
The low-heeled shoes are moulded in one part, while the high-heeled version has a moulded upper fixed to a clear plastic heel. The bag is made of two circular side panels and a base that clip together.