Guide of white tennis: the best styles worn by athletes, singers, supermodels and… designers.
The sports shoes have officially passed through customs fashion set, ceasing to be a shoe for sports activities to an accessory symbol of contemporaneity, for generations in constant movement and increasingly dynamic.
The revolution began with vulcanized rubberthe scientific discovery of Charles Goodyear. Then brands like adidas, converse and nike applied technology to create high performance models created to accompany sports stars, step by step. American casual fashion and later subcultures helped bring out the famous white tennis courts of the stadiums.
They were then the stylists and designers the ones who finally dispatched them, making them one of the must-have shoes of the modern wardrobe. Today, no one is surprised to find them under leggings or a fancy suit.
Vogue played a key role in this: in the French edition of the magazine in November 2013, Gisele Bündchen portrayed herself nude wearing only a pair of white sneakers. Specifically, it was a pair of Stan Smith an Adidas model that had not been produced since 2011.
That image is not nostalgic, it is funny and sexy. It immediately became the emblem of a new minimalism, functional and certainly more pragmatic, destined to face (with style) the speed of contemporary life. It should be noted that the fact of going fast is no longer a peculiarity of sports practice, but rather it is the soul of the digital world, as well as of a contingent communication with the times we live in. And these tennis They represent all of this.
In no time, the Stan Smiths reached the feet of Phoebe Philo Y Marc Jacobs. The Adidas and the others iconic white sneakers became the protagonists of various looks of street style, combined with jeans but also with light pleated skirts, miniskirts and haute couture dresses. In a short time, following the logic of digital speed, sneakers became a symbol of female empowerment.
10 white tennis models, in canvas and leather, that have made history
Tenis blancos Stan Smith, adidas Originals
Adidas founder Adolf Dassler met tennis player Stan Smith in a nightclub and asked him to design a model for his company. In 1973 they were born the famous Stan Smith sneakers, designed entirely in white leather, with green details and the iconic three perforated stripes. Today, there are many variations on the theme: also in an all white version.
