Jennifer Lawrence Wears Tory Burch’s Romy Sport Mary Jane Sneakers

Tory Burch has landed on the exact kind of shoe fashion people keep trying to describe and rarely find: a Mary Jane that wears like a sneaker but reads with the delicacy of a ballet flat. The Romy Sport Mary Jane is built from recycled nylon and suede, set on a podded rubber sole, and finished with an elasticated topline, crisscross straps, and the brand’s logo button hardware. At $250 in the U.S. and £275 in the UK, it sits squarely in the designer-comfort bracket, but its appeal is less about price than precision.

Jennifer Lawrence gave the silhouette its latest push on January 28, 2026, when she wore the Romy Sport Mary Jane at JFK Airport in New York City with a cream belted coat and wide-leg crepe pants. The pairing was instructive. This is not a gym shoe trying to look polished, nor a fragile flat pretending it can handle a full day on foot. It is something smarter, with the ease of an airport sneaker and the sweetness of a mary jane. That balance is exactly why it is resonating now, especially as fashion settles into hybrids that feel styled without sacrificing comfort.

Tory Burch has been building toward this moment. The brand’s Reva ballet flat first debuted in 2006, then returned on the Spring 2025 runway as a more modern proposition. On Tory Burch’s own flats messaging, the line is blunt: ballets are back. The company’s Spring/Summer 2026 show at 1 Hanson Place in Brooklyn only sharpened that impression, with a more noticeable buzz around the brand and a front row that drew celebrities and influencers in force. The Romy Sport Mary Jane benefits from that momentum. It feels like part of a larger Tory Burch reset, not just a one-off hit.

The silhouette also fits neatly into a broader Mary Jane-trainer wave that has been building beyond one label. Comparable styles now include The Attico Floor 01 Mesh Strap Ballet Flats, Miu Miu’s Plume Mary Jane Ballet Flat Sneaker, Cecilie Bahnsen’s Cosmo Sneaker, and Marni’s Scuba Mary Jane Sneakers. Jennifer Lawrence has already been linked to this lane before, which helps explain why the category is moving from niche curiosity to full fashion shorthand. The Romy Sport Mary Jane is the rare shoe that can live in a celebrity airport look, a front-row wardrobe, and a real weekly rotation without changing personality.