On March 20, 2021, Emily Ratajkowski stepped out in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood with her newborn son, Sylvester Apollo, for a family walk that paired polished accessories with an understated footwear choice: white Reebok Club C 85 Vintage sneakers.
Ratajkowski wore the low-profile leather sneakers with bright red crew socks, straight-leg blue jeans, and a black Aya Muse rib-knit top. Relaxed brown outerwear, white tortoiseshell sunglasses, a black beanie, gold jewelry, and a Prada nylon baby bag added personality without overpowering the casual footwear.
The Reebok Club C was an especially natural fit for the outfit. Introduced as a tennis shoe in 1985, the clean leather silhouette eventually moved well beyond the court, with its low profile and restrained branding making it an easy match for denim, tailoring, and other everyday pieces.
The outing came less than two weeks after Ratajkowski welcomed Sylvester on March 8, 2021, with her then-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard.
Sebastian Bear-McClard and his wife Emily Ratajkowski take their newborn son, Sylvester Apollo, out in New York City on March 20, 2021 (Credit: Instar / WENN)
Emily Ratajkowski Pairs Reebok Club C 85 Vintage Sneakers With Relaxed Denim
Ratajkowski’s black Aya Muse rib-knit top featured a deep V-neck and was tucked into high-waisted straight-leg blue jeans secured with a black leather belt. The fitted knit and structured denim gave the otherwise relaxed outfit a cleaner shape.
She layered the look with relaxed brown outerwear while pushing Sylvester in a black Uppababy Vista stroller.
Emily Ratajkowski pairs straight-leg jeans and relaxed brown tailoring with white Reebok Club C 85 Vintage sneakers and bright red socks while pushing her son’s stroller
Her accessories added most of the personality: a black beanie, layered rings, a personalized gold necklace for Sylvester, and Eleventh Hour “Girls Trip” sunglasses in a white-tortoiseshell finish. She also wore a black Evolvetogether Milan face mask, a detail that firmly places the street-style moment in 2021.
Emily Ratajkowski accessorizes with white-tortoiseshell Eleventh Hour sunglasses and a personalized gold necklace for her son, Sylvester
A black Prada nylon baby bag tucked beneath the stroller added a practical designer element without changing the outfit’s relaxed feel.
Emily Ratajkowski’s bright red socks add a sharp color accent to her black top, blue jeans, brown outerwear, and white sneakers
Why Emily Ratajkowski’s Reebok Club C 85 Vintage Sneakers Work With the Look
The key footwear choice was a pair of white Reebok Club C 85 Vintage sneakers, worn with bright red crew socks that made the otherwise understated shoes more noticeable. The shoes feature the Club C’s familiar low-profile leather construction, perforated toe, and windowbox-style side branding, details rooted in the silhouette’s original tennis design.
Her preference for the Club C silhouette was not limited to this outing. Less than three months later, on June 15, 2021, she wore white Reebok Club C 85 sneakers in New York City, this time with low-rise denim and a blue halter top. Together, the two looks show how naturally the tennis-inspired sneaker fit into her off-duty wardrobe during this period.
Emily Ratajkowski pairs white Reebok Club C 85 Vintage sneakers with straight-leg jeans and bright red crew socks in Tribeca
How the Reebok Club C Fits Emily Ratajkowski’s Sneaker Style
The Club C also fits a broader pattern in Ratajkowski’s off-duty wardrobe. She has repeatedly used simple low-top sneakers to balance tailoring, denim, and casual outerwear, including white Veja Esplars and Nike Air Force 1s on earlier New York dog walks.
Those shoes differ in their sporting origins and proportions, but the styling principle is similar: a mostly white, uncomplicated sneaker gives more expressive clothing room to do the work. In this Tribeca outfit, the Club C grounds the mix of fitted knitwear, relaxed denim, brown layers, and vivid red socks without adding another competing element.
Why the Reebok Club C 85 Became a Casual Sneaker Classic
Reebok introduced the Club C in 1985 as a tennis shoe, with the “C” referring to “Champion.” Its original appeal came from a simple formula: a low-cut leather upper, toe perforations, a cushioned interior, and restrained branding that included Reebok’s familiar windowbox detail.
That simplicity helped the Club C move beyond its original court setting. As tennis-inspired footwear became everyday casual wear, its pared-back construction made it adaptable to jeans, trousers, dresses, and relaxed tailoring without tying the shoe to a single fashion cycle.
Ratajkowski’s 2021 outfit illustrates that versatility particularly well. Instead of making the sneakers the loudest element of the look, she used their white leather construction as a neutral base, allowing the red socks, blue denim, and layered brown outerwear to provide the contrast.
👟 Explore More Reebok Club C Style Moments:
- 🖤 Kristen Stewart gives white Reebok Club C 85 sneakers a grunge-leaning finish, pairing the clean court shoes with faded denim, a New Order tee, and relaxed layers in New York City.
- 🏋️ Addison Rae wears Reebok Club C 85 sneakers with laid-back post-gym athleisure, showing how easily the pared-back leather silhouette moves beyond its tennis roots.
- 👗 Emily Ratajkowski pairs Reebok Club C Vintage sneakers with a terracotta Bec + Bridge mini dress, using the sporty white low-tops as a casual counterpoint to a feminine summer silhouette.
- 🐕 Ratajkowski returns to the Reebok Club C 85 Vintage for a summer dog walk, teaming the classic white sneakers with a cropped black tank and Levi’s denim shorts.
- 🎾 See how the Reebok Club C fits into the wider history of enduring retro sneakers, alongside court, running, basketball, and skate silhouettes that continue to shape everyday style.
The silhouette remains part of Reebok’s Classics lineup, with Club C shoes available directly from Reebok in a range of variations on the original tennis-inspired design.
The Reebok Club C 85 Vintage combines an off-white leather upper with green Reebok branding, a perforated toe, and the silhouette’s signature windowbox detail