The quintessential footwear for the last monsoon season in Bombay was the BATA jelly bellies for almost all women hitting the road.

http://www.bata.in/catdetail.php?&catItem=2&selId=&action=&techId=&brandId=&size=&price=&art_number=&a_page=14&tipslist=

They were comfortable, pretty looking, and to tough for the Mumbai Monsoons to wreck! You had some half a million (read four to five) colours in them and they were priced at INR 300. A perfect option for all the ladies who couldn’t do beyond letch at the Stella McCartney Gumboots! Or the ones who just bought them for the comfort!

But how many of us knew where this magic design came from?

Well, some surfing on the internet, some help from our friend in need-VOGUE and lots of time on hand led me to Gisele Bundchen’s shoe brand IPANEMA flip flops.
She has the same shoe with some cooler versions as well.

http://www.ipanemaflipflops.co.uk/p/ipanema-ladies-jelly-flat-pink-shoe

Well I guess we should be happy that we’re making super cool and cheap fakes, and upping the general style quotient of this country!