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adidas Superstar II Men's Sneakers - Black Leather Low-Top

$100.00

ADIDAS

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The piece

  • The adidas Superstar in Black arrived in 1969 as the first low-top basketball shoe with an all-leather upper.
  • By 1973 more than three quarters of the NBA wore them, and the rubber shell toe has been the giveaway ever since.

UPC 067898779681 · MPN 8294292062277

Adidas

Adolf “Adi” Dassler started making shoes in Herzogenaurach, Germany, in the 1920s; Adidas was registered in 1949 after he split from brother Rudolf (who founded Puma). The brand is great at marrying sport and street. First big piece: early football boots and the track shoe Jesse Owens made famous in Dassler spikes. The Superstar, Samba and Stan Smith became cultural objects. Fun fact: the three stripes were originally a stability stitch, not just a logo.