After mastering maximalism, Nike is taking a sharp left into minimalism. This less-is-more approach takes place across Nike's delightfully understated tennis shoe: The Tennis Classic.

Nike's Tennis Classic sneaker is a simple leather shoe designed for the courts but poised to dominate any arena. That is to say, any Nike sneaker can be a lifestyle shoe if you just believe. 

See, Nike is not one to go back and forth. It picks a side and tends to stay there. But when it comes to its tennis-focused sneakers, well, a rally or two is appropriate.

Intentionally subtle and artfully restrained, the flat sneaker wears a smooth leather upper designed to soften with age for that delectable worn-in look, and with a pre-stripped swoosh to boot. Like a fine wine or aged cheese, the Nike Tennis Classic, available on the Nike website for $150, just gets better with age. 

In that sense, this isn't just another sneaker cop. It's more like an investment. Easy math.

Pebble-like texturing coats the rubber outsole, giving the minimalist sneaker a pinch of material variation. The only real interruptions to the sneakers' light disposition manifest as dark black Nike branding at the tongue and heel. Gotta rep the set.

Even the Swoosh, a famously bold metric on most Nike shoes, finds itself reimagined as a perforated outlined Swoosh. Simple stuff for a simple shoe that isn't trying to do the most.

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