Reebok Club C 85 'White Dark Green'
Colorway: White/Chalk/Dark Green · Style code: 100032970 · Release date: July 2023 · Price: $60 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Reebok x BBC Club C 85 Shoes (100285332) · Reebok x IDEA Club C 85 Shoes (100258364) · Reebok Club C 85 (AR0455) · Reebok Club C 85 'Emoji' (S29074) · Reebok Club C 85 TG (BD4759)
Reebok introduced the Club C in 1985 under the direction of designer Paul Brown, building it for club-level tennis players out of soft garment leather with a terry-cloth lining, a perforated toe and a rubber cupsole, and the Club C 85 retro reproduces that recipe. The 'White Dark Green' colourway is that retro in one of its most straightforward make-ups. The upper is white leather, Dark Green takes the accents, and Chalk, a warmer off-white, is the third tone. There is no story to it beyond the colours, which is the point: it is the Club C 85 as a plain, well-made tennis shoe.
It released in July 2023 at $80, which puts it under the $85 of the Club C 85 Vintage and below the skate-built Club C BULC that launched the same month at $100. Green on white suits the Club C because the shoe has so few panels: a single dark accent is enough to define the whole outline. For anyone choosing a first Club C, or replacing a worn pair, this is a sensible pick, since the dark green hides the marks that a white-on-white pair shows within weeks and the leather cleans up with a damp cloth. It is also the colourway that sits most comfortably next to the shoe's origins, which were on a court rather than a skate park or a runway.