The Shoes Under Gen Z’s Trees, According to TikTok
A very Merry, 2003-nostalgic Christmas.
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STEPN GO and adidas Launch First-Ever Physical Shoe Drop
Can virtual reality become a platform for selling real-life shoe sales?
38a Art Gallery Opens in Charlotte With adidas Superstar Collab
In celebration of the opening, the brand and gallery are teaming up for an exclusive sneaker.
Adidas uses the force for 2015.
The athletic brand gears up for the launch of the seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise.
Stella McCartney gets sportier.
The designer steps up her Adidas partnership with Stellasport, a lower-priced collection of sportswear for young women.
Adidas hires three all-star Nike footwear designers.
Adidas has poached three top Nike footwear designers as part of its plan to open a Brooklyn Creative Studio in New York City. In a statement issued by Adidas America, the company said the studio, expected to open in 2015, “will drive design direction for the brand and elevate the company’s direct interaction with consumers.”
Adidas and Novak Djokovic want you.
Just in time for the U.S. Open kick off in three days, Adidas has unveiled the latest #smashthesilence campaign. Directed by Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic, currently ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals, the video encourages fans to send in photos and clips for a chance to appear in the film.
Thirty design students from around the world compete in Pensole’s World Sneaker Championship.
Pensole Footwear Design Academy kicked off the Pensole World Sneaker Championship (WSC) yesterday and Founder D’Wayne Edwards calls it the school’s most expansive footwear design master class to date. “The goal of the WSC is to show the world how impactful the sneaker industry is, by highlighting the top aspiring sneaker designers from around the world through the premiere sneaker brands in the industry,” he says.
You can now customize your Adidas kicks with photos from Instagram.
Custom cobbling was once reserved for presidents, popes and Wall Street fat cats but thanks to today’s technological advances made-to-order footwear is not only far more accessible, it’s more one-of-a-kind than ever before. Come August, miAdidas will offer consumers the chance to upload their Instagram shots to a high resolution photo print app and have them printed on the brand’s ZX Flux training shoes. That’s right. That delicious lunch you snapped a photo of today? It can now live forever on your feet. The beautiful sunset from your last vacation? That too. Even your beloved labrador.
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