Clean and simple are always things that have their place in the sneaker industry. While wild designs have their place, clean and simple kicks always find love from everyone, whatever their tastes. The Rod Laver Clean Pack from Adidas definitely keeps this legacy of universal appreciation with some ultra clean outlines and silhouettes, all in white and off-white hues. This is definitely a great pack for anyone looking for some darn clean white shoes. The Clean concept has already been explored by Adidas with the BW Army Mid Clean, and the Rod Laver pack only cements the solid reputation behind the idea. Everyone loves some clean kicks, and these are the cleanest out there! Available in low and mid versions at styles; via Hypebeast.
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Adidas is pushing hard into the skate market reengineering a number of thier heritage models, the company has released two skate versions of their famed Superstar model. The first sneaker is a white on black colorway, with the uppers in suede and the shell-toe in rubber. The second pair features black suede side panels, like the previous pair, but has a brown toe and midsole. Also, the heel features a design of a green forest with a foggy background. This sneaker is finished off with orange stripes. Both sneakers are available now at Caliroots at the following links: black/white, black/orange.
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adidas Originals and Upper Playground will release the final final installment of the four-part series that’s included sneakers by Herbert Baglione, David Choe, and Aesop Rock. This fourth sneaker Sam Flores used as his canvas is first hi top of the pack. Fifteen years after first arriving on the West Coast from New Mexico, Sam Flores, an art school evacuee and self-taught illustrator, has established his place in the modern art movement as a master of fine art and product design. His fine artwork carries a voice and vision that is instantly identifiable. Flores’ artistic quality is unpretentious and provocative, and demands consideration without categorization. He had this to say when asked about his inspiration for the sneaker “I simply wanted to make a colorful bright shoe that would go well with the warm weather. I made it blue, grey and pink so it can work for both genders. Plus it’s something you can wear to Miami and stay up for three days and still look fresh!” There are only 500 pairs of the Sam Flores sneaker available worldwide. Each pair retails for $150 and sizes range from men’s size 4 to 13.5. To get your hands on the Sam Flores adidas hi-top, visit upperplayground.com or head to a UP retail store. The sneaker will go on sale online at 8 am PT on Thursday, August 7, 2008.
Adidas and Mark Gonzales have come together on this nice collaboration design of the Roster Mid. As one of the premier skateboarders and artists out there today, as well as one of the pioneers of yesteryear, Gonzales definitely lends credibility to this design. Using a simple combination of black on white, these Roster Mids are clean kicks that don’t skimp on the details at all. With nice use of Gonzales’ art work as accenting both on the main body of the shoe and the strap, these kicks blend subtlety with some great details. Whether you plan on skating or just wearing these kicks, expect them to perform as well as they look, all with the traditional Adidas quality we’ve all come to expect from the storied brand. These Roster Mids are now available at select Adidas accounts including We Sold Out.
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Shanghai-based ACU has been working with adidas since 2007 and has became the first exclusive retail boutique to carry the Adidas Consortium Collection there. This year marks the collaboration between the two with the birth of the classic ACU ZX800. The head designer of this project is Director of ACU, Tom and CLOT, “Tom chose the ZX800 model as a result of its’ light-weight and comfortable fabrics/ textures, with ACU’s cutting edge design, ZX800 is bound to be the next hit item!” They’ve married the east and the west, expressing the Chinese street culture, in order to harmonize ZX800 and ACU’s uniqueness, they used the Chinese flag colors- red and yellow as base colors to create a classic look, CLOT Royale silk on the body and tongue, CLOT logo is a transparent flash card which reflects different images from different angles. The sole has a special printing of “adidas, a store with 3 straights” in Chinese, as a salute to adidas. And the 3 straights on the heels are computer embroidered; most of the details are matte finished.
The ACU ZX800 will be launched on August 8th, at ACU Shanghai, CLOT online store and ACU Pop-up Store, 4th floor, adidas Brand Center, San Li Tun, Beijing.
ACU
Shop #15, 139 Chang Le Road
Shanghai, China 200020
www.clotinc.com
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adidas and Upper Playground will drop the third part of their four-part series in collaboration with Aesop Rock. The first two collaborations included Herbert Baglione and David Choe and the final one will be with Sam Flores. Aesop Rock explains the design concept behind his Stan Smith sneaker: “The faded green and gold colors have a strange eerie-meets-regal vibe that I liked when designing the art for last year’s None Shall Pass album. I wanted to continue that color scheme, and keep it pretty simple. I didn’t want anything too intrusive. Basically I just wanted something that I’d rock, and my mother might even wear them.” There are only 500 pairs available of this sneaker worldwide. Sizes range from men’s size 4 to 13.5. To get your hands on the Aesop Rock adidas Originals sneaker, visit upperplayground.com or head to an Upper Playground retail store. The sneaker will go on sale online at 8 am PT on Thursday, July 31st.
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New from Adidas is this clean two-pack of a Metro Attitude and Superstar, in a simple black, red, and white colorway. While the Metro Attitude is primarily white, and the Superstar primarily black, these two kicks definitely contrast each other well, and will be great for anywhere, from the campus to the city. If you’re looking for a pair of kicks that will look great no matter the circumstances, and you won’t have to pay hype-inflated prices for, this drop from Adidas will definitely work for you. Classic designs coupled with classic colorways create kicks that everyone can love. These will be Footaction exclusives, and should drop next week.
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