With all the talk of Nike and Jordan Brand’s plan to celebrate next summer’s London Olympics and the 20 years since the Dream Team rocked the world back in Barcelona, don’t forget that adidas has been supplying international athletes for decades too. In fact, you’d have to go back another twenty years to find the debut date for the adidas Originals SL 72, a model that can be considered among the earliest ‘lifestyle’ sneakers thanks to having been built specifically for the Munich Games’ medal podiums. The SL 72 was built in the spirit of greatness, and that’s thoroughly reflected here in a luxurious black leather upper that’s about evenly split between smooth and tumbled textures. Click through to see more angles and look for these soon at select Three Stripes retailers. via SM
