These smart 'tennis sneakers' have all been chosen for their stylish appearance and all-round sporty capabilities, but if you need a shoe purely engineered for playing tennis, please look at the women's tennis shoes page for inspiration.
Stylish Sneakers Designed by Women for Women
If you're looking for a company that understands the needs of women's feet during exercise, then few can know more than the women designers at Ryka, who fashion shoes ONLY for women!
Women's feet tend to differ slightly from men, (apart from size), so all Ryka's sneakers have a narrower heel and wider forefoot, and are designed with the 'bio-mechanics of active women' in mind.
Many of the range have been influenced by a love of dance, like the 'Studio D', which is primarily for indoor activity, but the Core Strength Trainer has all the woman-specific features on a more robust shoe for outdoor exercise as well. Read the great reviews!
Maria Sharapova and Nike Join Forces with to Create a New Designer Sports Range
The Cole Haan Zoom Flywire will not only show your great taste in style but also your love for your favorite sport.
Based on an innovative support system and Nike's expertise, it's no wonder Maria Sharapova loves these 'tennis shoes'.
Expect to see much more ladies' apparel and shoes from one of America's most enduring and popular designer brands, Cole Haan. Maria is now the exclusive public face of this new collaboration between Nike and Cole Haan.
Ecko Red sneakers are at the cutting edge of new designs for women and young women who want to be seen in the hippest shoes around, with street credibility set to maximum. Fashion designer Marc Ecko inspired the intriguing graphics and glittering crystal accents on these shoes that are sure to get you noticed and admired.
All shoes feature the distinctive Rhino and exude attitude, but retain all the cushioning and comfort elements you'd expect in a durable quality sneaker.
adidas have enlisted the services of two world class fashion designers in Yohji Yamamoto and Stella McCartney to ensure their high performance shoes lack none of the style of their contemporaries, with the Y-3 and adidas by Stella McCartney ranges.
In both cases the 'collision' of designer focus on aesthetics, with the sports manufacturer focus on 'fitness for purpose' has produced stylish hybrids, brimming with the best of both worlds.
The Y-3 range gets its name from the combination of Yohji's initials and the 3 stripes of the adidas logo. The collaboration has produced this Ikuno range, visually stunning sneakers in atomic pink and devil red.
Have your fashion sneakers and serious tennis shoes too with either adidas from Stella McCartney's Taju or new Skynde tennis shoe. Taju was was developed for Maria Kirilenko when she was the exclusive Stella tenniswear WTA Star.
At the start of the 2009 season Caroline Wozniacki was given that honor and adidas went one step further by creating the Skynde, the first adidas shoe tooled and engineered with Barricade 5's technology yet fashioned by Stella.
The Tandlie is technically a gym shoe, but it's great looks and pedigree will be unmistakable anywhere you wear them
If there's one country in the world synonymous with quality footwear, it's Italy. These luxurious sneakers by Mauri are designed and made here from only the best materials and look every inch the part. It's easy to imagine how eyes are going to be drawn to this spectacular shoe, featuring the signature crocodile displayed prominently on the shoe's upper.
Mauri's name for this shoe is 'Appealing' and that sums it up perfectly!
Designer Sneakers Crafted in Italy with Canadian Attitude
Conspicuous consumption doesn't come much more conspicuous than these crafty creations from Canadian-borntwins Dean and Dan Caten, (hence D squared), who moved to the land of fashion to follow their dreams of starting their own designer fashion label. Their 'alternative luxury' brand has rapidly grown since the move to Italy in 1991, and can now be found in many quality fashion outlets around the world. The brothers pride themselves on attention to detail, so magnify the screen and inspect the finer points of this immaculate shoe. The brothers' roots are betrayed by the Canadian Maple leaf and a hint of Canadian attitude with the words 'Kick it DSquared' on the upper.
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