tory burch | the splash collection

Tory Burch.

Summer handbags are having a serious identity crisis. For years, brands have pushed oversized raffia totes and anonymous linen pouches as the mandatory uniform for warm-weather dressing, but Tory Burch has other ideas. The New York label dives headfirst into high-gloss nostalgia, rolling out a dual-layered seasonal capsule named Splash and Splash Jelly Drop. The collection reworks classic house shapes through translucent jelly textures, candy-store colour palettes and the kind of playful resort styling that recalls early-2000s beach clubs and vintage poolside glamour. 

At the centre of the capsule sits the Miller sandal, arguably the house’s most commercially successful shoe since its launch in 2008. Inspired by vintage footwear Tory Burch’s mother once had custom-made in Capri during the 1960s, the silhouette has spent nearly two decades evolving from a practical logo flip-flop into a comprehensive lifestyle category with a dedicated following among shoppers. For the new collection, the sandal is stripped back and recast entirely in glossy, translucent TPU jelly, right down to its signature laser-cut medallion detail. Available in shades like Pool Blue, Flamingo Pink, Sunshine Yellow and Root Beer Float, the shoe feels knowingly nostalgic without tipping into costume territory. 

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More interesting, though, is how the collection pushes the footprint of the footwear beyond flat holiday items. A jelly kitten heel version arrives balanced on a slim cork sole, introducing a slightly dressier energy engineered for long Riviera dinners rather than purely beachside lounging. The footwear range expands further with the Mellow Mary Jane, a flat slip-on silhouette constructed from a flexible jelly latticework that updates the trendy mesh shoe movement for wet-weather resort environments. Tory Burch has always excelled at this sort of hybrid dressing, after all.

The Romy bag family undergoes perhaps the biggest transformation. Already one of the brand’s strongest recent handbag launches, the bucket silhouette has developed an unexpectedly loyal following online thanks to its soft structure and daily practicality. The capsule takes that bestselling shape into far more playful territory with translucent, colour-blocked jelly versions that feel lifted straight from a nostalgic 1990s beach catalogue. Crystal-clear PVC collides with shades of mint, cola brown, and aquatic blue, creating bags that look almost edible under the sun. Alongside the bucket bag, the signature Ella tote arrives in identical lightweight, retro colour-blocked jelly structures built to handle sand and surf.

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Elsewhere, alternative raffia-woven Romy bucket bags, wave-like crochet textures, and flower-pinned cotton tanks reinforce the collection’s broader fascination with handcrafted summer dressing. Simple ribbed tanks are elevated with delicate silk florals, balancing out the high-gloss plastic footwear with a softer, artisanal feel. 

Campaign visuals shot around Jamaica’s legendary GoldenEye resort only heighten that sense of escapism. Models Alex Consani and Sacha Quenby front the high summer 2026 imagery, drifting through sun-drenched, almost voyeuristic vignettes – reclining on floating pool loungers and wandering barefoot along the shoreline – bringing a slightly chaotic contemporary glamour to the capsule’s polished Americana aesthetic.

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Discover the Splash collection here.

photography. courtesy of Tory Burch
words. Gennaro Costanzo