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Care instructions

Tretorn Nylite (canvas)

Tennis shoes

Congratulations!

You have just purchased the finest quality tennis shoes made anywhere in the world. For washing the following instruction should be followed.

Hand wash your Tretorn uppers outside only, using brush, medium warm water, and mild soap. Use shoe trees or fill the shoes with paper for best drying results.

Do not dry shoes in direct sunlight.

Never wash your Tretorns in washer

-never use dryer.

TRETORN

"Hey, you going to tennis camp this summer?"

"Yah... you get new Tretorns?"

"Totally!"

Tennis camp in the mid 1980s out on the Hamptons... yeah we wouldn't be caught dead without our Tretorns.

We found three more absolutely iconic, classic pairs. New in box, Pro Shop old stock.

This amazing satin banner is from the early 1980s. It was meant to be prominently displayed in your Tennis Pro Shop or fine shoe store to indicate that you did indeed carry the Ultimate Tennis Shoe. This particular banner is in perfect condition as it was never used, and came from the estate of the person who owned the company that made such banners.

"Hi, it's [redacted]'s Pro Shop calling, your Tretorns are in."

An absolutely incredible find. These two never-opened pairs of men's Nylites are still plastic wrapped from Etonic, Tretorn USA's distributor/wholesaler at the time. The shipping label says they were sent November 26, 1985, making them forty years old.

We are not yet sure of the exact color of trim and logo proportions as they did vary slightly from the late 1970s until the early-mid 1980s. The model number is consistent with the well-known navy blue trim that men's sized Nylites were so most widely available with.

The heavy plastic wrap is intact but was never completely airtight, so it remains to be seen what exact condition they are in. We will, eventually, carefully extract one of the pairs for photos and inspection. We are very interested to find out the condition of the dreaded foam that lines the uppers and insole, as it has almost universally disintegrated into sticky brown dust over the years (as you may know.) Its condition will likely give us a good indication of whether that decay is indeed oxidation, which could give us some insight into how to best preserve the rest of our collection going forward.

Womens Nylite #503020, White/Classic Blue, c. 1986

Tretorn Nylite Grey Trim, Men's size 10. c. 1986-1987.

WOS Pink Nylite Hi Top, Size 7. 1986. $28.95 USD.

Love the classic Tretorn Nylite, hope to see you post more. 😊❤️