Kallmeyer Groups Up With Nike on Tennis Centre Sneaker, Launch Date

Kallmeyer is gearing up for the US Open with a brand new sneaker collaboration with Nike.

In their first product launch collectively, designer Daniella Kallmeyer reimagines the Nike Centre tnnis shoe silhouette in a customized colorway known as “Travertine” and options components of suede, leather-based and vintage brass with the hope of growing a patina over time.

“My relationship with Nike started a couple of years ago, and we bonded over the love and enthusiasm for women’s sports,” Kallmeyer instructed FN in an interview. “And for this project, Nike came to me saying that they wanted to revive this iconic silhouette as the interest in tennis has been on the rise and they wanted to make the Centre culturally relevant again.”

Kallmeyer famous that the concept was to make the Centre, which is initially created as a tennis efficiency shoe, and switch into a way of life sneaker. “It felt very befitting for us to bring that silhouette into the wardrobe, like in in the most Kallmeyer language we could,” the designer mentioned.

Some key particulars that standout for Kallmeyer in her iteration of the shoe are a hand performed sew across the again of the heel, a customized paisley gold and black emblem tag on the within of the shoe and an antiqued brass deubrés on the laces.

And even with the elevated remedies on the footwear, Kallmeyer encourages everybody to put on the model with love.

“Some people sometimes shy away from white clothes or white shoes, but in the world of Kallmeyer, the more you wear your clothes, the more you honor them,” the designer famous. “With this shoe, as it ages and wears over time is how you collect memories. So, I want people to feel encouraged to wear them and create their own story from that.”

To have fun the launch, tennis star Amanda Anisimova and Salon 94 founder Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn seem in a marketing campaign photographed by Collier Schorr on the historic Vanderbilt Tennis Club inside Grand Central Terminal. Anisimova and Greenberg Rohatyn are styled in Kallmeyer ready-to-wear alongside the brand new shoe.

The Nike x Kallmeyer Tennis Centre, which retails for $160, is now out there at Nike, Kallmeyer, the SNKRS app, Shopbop, Net-a-Porter and FWRD.