84% matchOnly NY
Indie NY sport-nostalgia graphics and 5-panels
What changes: More outdoors/city-illustration than tennis-club nod
Brand profile
Paterson Tennis
Founder-owned New Jersey skate label mixing 1990s tennis and heritage-sport references into tees, hoodies, warm-ups and caps.
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What to know about Paterson Tennis
Country club codes, skate execution
Tennis references, club crests and warm-up styling from the 1990s get rebuilt as graphic tees, hoodies, coach jackets and 5-panel caps.
Founded by a sponsored skater
German Nieves came from skateboarding in Paterson, New Jersey, plus brand marketing at 10.Deep and sales at J.Crew, and still owns the label.
Skate shops and Farfetch both
It sells direct and through skate shops while also sitting on larger retailers like Farfetch, at mid-tier prices rather than designer sportswear rates.
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Brand facts
Paterson League is an independent skate and sport label founded in 2014 by German Nieves, a former sponsored skateboarder from Paterson, New Jersey who previously handled brand marketing at 10.Deep and sales at J.Crew. The line filters 1990s heritage-sport references — tennis, club crests, warm-up styling — through skate sensibilities. Core products are graphic tees, hoodies, coach jackets, track and warm-up pieces, shorts and headwear including 5-panel caps. It remains founder-owned, sells direct and through skate shops and retailers such as Farfetch.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Paterson, United States
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- September 2026
- Styles
- Skatewear, Streetwear, Athleisure / Sportswear