{"id":646795,"date":"2026-05-03T11:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646795\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:15:13","slug":"forget-loafers-90s-tennis-shoes-are-making-a-surprise-comeback-for-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646795\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Loafers, \u201990s Tennis Shoes Are Making a Surprise Comeback for Summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis shoes\u2013and I\u2019m calling them \u201ctennis shoes\u201d despite the fact that no one actually wears them to play tennis\u2013have undergone plenty of evolutions over the decades (case in point: there\u2019s a pair from the 1910s<\/a> going for a few hundred on Etsy right now).<\/p>\n

In the 1930s, people wore them as \u201cgym shoes\u201d. In the 1970s, people wore them to skate bowls (though by then, they had chunky, rubbery souls and were more sneaker-esque, thanks to Vans). And, by the late \u201980s and \u201990s, canvas plimsolls\u2013especially the white ones\u2013had become a casual staple in line with the minimalist tastes of the era. See: Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Julia Roberts, who were all fans of wearing white canvas shoes with their blue jeans<\/a> or leggings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ron Davis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Barry King<\/p>\n

Those who, like me, are decrepit enough to remember the indie sleaze years, will recall that white canvas plimsolls were a big thing back then, too. All of which is to say: it should come as no surprise that they\u2019re back\u2026 again. What with trainer trends leaning increasingly slimline, combined with a feverish predilection for anything pared back, classic and \u201990s-inspired, it was only a matter of time before the fashion set dipped a toe into these throwback shoes.<\/p>\n

See also: Prada\u2019s spring\/summer 2026 collection, where white plimsolls reigned supreme, or the not dissimilar white derby that was spied on Celine\u2019s spring\/summer 2026 runway. British Vogue\u2019s senior contributing fashion features editor Julia Hobbs even thinks such trainers<\/a> \u201care about to topple the ballet runner,\u201d citing both Prada\u2019s Drill fabric sneakers and classic white vans.<\/p>\n

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Celine spring\/summer 2026<\/p>\n

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Prada spring\/summer 2026<\/p>\n

Pietro D’Aprano\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis shoes\u2013and I\u2019m calling them \u201ctennis shoes\u201d despite the fact that no one actually wears them to play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[22819,20607,1670,22820,64,63,9779,20638,22821,7240,85,55786,747,9777],"class_list":["post-646795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-_commerce","tag-_sensitivecontent","tag-_seo","tag-_syndication_noshow","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-digital_syndication","tag-fashion","tag-onecolumn","tag-shopping","tag-sports","tag-storytypecategory-guide-comparison","tag-tennis","tag-textaboveleftsmall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}