The footwear equivalent of Crayola crayons and lunchboxes, the jelly shoe is back for the summer. But with most of the shoe made from PVC, it might seem an odd trend for our plastic-anxious times.

If you have an ordinary shelf in your bedroom or closet and want it to pull double-duty as one you can hang clothes from, a little PVC piping is all it takes to do the job. The folks from The Family ...