Overview
- The Nike x Kallmeyer Tennis Centre launched Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at $160 and is available through Nike (including SNKRS), Kallmeyer’s channels and retailers such as Shopbop, Net‑a‑Porter and FWRD.
- Kallmeyer reworked Nike’s archived Tennis Centre silhouette into a neutral ‘Travertine’ colorway using suede and leather and adding antiqued brass deubrés and a hand‑done heel stitch to encourage patina with wear.
- The release is accompanied by a campaign shot by Collier Schorr at the Vanderbilt Tennis Club that stars tennis player Amanda Anisimova and art dealer Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn to underline the shoe’s lifestyle framing.
- Kallmeyer’s collaboration with Nike grew from her ties to women’s sports—connections with Rennae Stubbs and a Nike pop‑up at the WNBA All‑Star Weekend—and she says the partnership is a first step toward more sport‑oriented work.
- By reviving an archival tennis shape with craft-forward details and a wear-to-own ethos, the drop signals how fashion is folding tennis culture into everyday luxury and could spur similar archive reissues and designer-brand tie‑ups.