Facebook And Twitter Shoes

Love Facebook or Twitter? Now you can wear either social networking tool manifested as a shoe.

Designer Gerry McKay’s pimped versions of the Adidas Superstar sneaker. The shoes sport the social network sites’ logo, mission statement and brand colours. Though currently just a concept, a Facebook fan page has been created to convince Adidas to actually produce the range.

Adidas Top Ten Hi White/Navy Blue

The Adidas Top Ten contains the prototypical old school hoops shoe looks. With its high ankle, simple construction and lack of flair, it’s a solid choice for any fan of classics. This next pair continues the trend of clean designs we last saw in a Black/White colourway.

White leather appears as the majority of the upper on this pair, which matches up nicely with the white midsole. Naturally, navy blue is accent color seen most, as it appears on the triple stripe design along the mid-panel, outsole and at the ankle, among other places. Red is also used a small amount on under the bottom “rib” on the ankle. On the tongue and dubrae, red text pays homage to the 30th anniversary run of the Top Ten that started in late 2009.

Kalavinka x Adidas Samba

Adidas has put in a lot of effort into representing cities all over the world with their Consortium “City Series” Collection, with Tokyo retailers and artists playing a large part. Kalavinka is the next in line with this Samba, having taken a classic soccer shoe and transformed it into a cycling sneaker.

White leather comprises the upper on these, with a hit of grey nubuck on the toe cap. Royal blue stripes appear on the mid-panel, and a strip of multiple colors is used on the heel. The design element you probably notice first is the large lace cover flap, which is part of the cycle-readiness conversion of these. These have hit select retailers.

Adidas Gazelle New Arrivals

The classic Adidas Gazelle has just landed at select retailers in three colour-ups fresh for the New Year. These releases prove that white matches everything and sometimes keeping things simple works best.

Grey-blue, royal blue, and black are all available with the aforementioned suede build. All three utilise white vulcanised soles and white leather triple stripes to match. Of course, the liner, laces and heel are all done with the same materials and colour to match. Not too many Adidas models have gotten much love in the wake of the Star Wars x Adidas Originals Collection, but these clean classics are definitely worth checking out.

Adidas Originals “Element Pack”

Adidas is paying tribute to Mother Earth with thisOriginals “Element Pack,” which will drop in the Spring of 2010. 4 total pairs are available, mixing in both mids and lows.

All four pairs are done in a completely monochromatic scheme, as each represents a different element. The lows represent the Earth and the Water, coming in brown and in blue, respectively. For the high-cut shoes, the Sun and Fire are represented, as they will drop in yellow and red. If there was a Heart shoe, this pack would really be complete…

Adidas Court Raider White/Pool-Black

Adidas is set to debut its latest model dubbed the Court Raider.

The new Court Raider ironically possesses a retro, vintage feel seeing that it draws inspiration from some of Adidas’s classic basketball kicks. Specifically, the Forum, the Top Ten and the Attitude are all represented within this shoe in some form or fashion. Its perforated vamp is similar to that of the Forum and the Top Ten, while the sole construction is an exact copy of the Attitude. Other distinctive features include an enlarged tongue, multiple mesh sections and perforated padding on the collar. What are your thoughts on the Court Raider?

Adidas Consortium “Your City” Series, part 3

In the third installment of the Adidas Consortium “Your City” Series, Europe, Canada and Japan are all paid tribute and given their own collaborations, as the sneaker giant has paired with a shop in each city.

The Adidas Tokio is done here by VA, a shop out of Tokyo. This sneaker uses an all black upper, mixing ripstop nylon and leather on the toes. Yellow accents are used for the lace loops and a white midsole finishes them off. Toronto’s Livestock went to town on this runner with a load of grey in suede and other choice materials. Blue is used for accents, and an orange heel patch pops off the darker colour-up. The London is done here by Crooked Tongues in a dark grey, while red stripes and gold are used throughout, including the top eyelet. Finally, the adidas Paris is done by Colette, who chose a clean white base for their project. The stripes are done with multiple colours on the stripes, which use a polka dot pattern. All four shoes also feature special tags, representing for each shop and their hometown.

Adidas Top Ten Hi 60 Years of Soles and Stripes

Adidas may be known as the brand with 3 stripes, but these Top Ten Hi’s are multiplying that number many times over. To celebrate “60 Years of Soles and Stripes,” this sneaker is representing with an all-over striped print with multiple colours.

The majority of this one is done with grey and white alternating stripes, while blue is used for the stripes on the traditional 3-stripes design and around the ankle. A blue outsole is used under a white midsole to match up those sections. A panel of red striped material is used to wrap around the heel for accent. A gold 60 years and leaf label is used on the tongue to further celebrate the anniversary.

Adidas Originals Five-Two 3 City Artist Pack

Adidas has really stepped their collaboration status up lately, working with industry-leading retailers like Bodega and Undefeated on recent packs. Next up is the Five-Two 3 City Artist Pack, which pairs the footwear company with five artists from five major international art hotbeds.

London’s Pochoir worked on a Superstar, making the heel area appear like a worn-down brick wall. From Italy, photographer Fakso went to work on the Nizza High, dressing it in black accents on yellow tone photo. French influence is seen in the gold Flor De Lis that appear over blue nubuck on the KRSN x Stan Smith 80. Japanese-influenced New York transplant Dalek dressed a Forum Mid with his Space Monkey character and multiple shades of grey on a black leather base. The fifth and final shoe in the pack is an adidas Samba designed by MADSAKI, who is based out of Tokyo. The wildest of the bunch, MADSAKI concepted a flap over the laces, changing the original Samba silhouette drastically