Pharrell Williams and adidas Originals have emerged from the candy lab again with a fresh swag of sneaks and gear to cap off the year. Bright colours are the focal point again, just like the previous delivery, but instead of block-coloured fluro joints, Pharrell shows an affinity for polka dots this time, both big and small. A bunch of Adidas Stan Smith Men and track jackets are all splashed with circles contrasting against vibrant base colours.
The revival of the Adidas Stan Smith Women this year led to a string of awesome colabs in 2021, but we never would’ve imagined this collaboration in the works! Now that it’s actually happening, it seems like such a no brainer for American Dad’s Stan Smith to release his own Adidas Stan Smith Cheap model in a move of cross-branding genius. The shoe keeps to the original; with the classic smooth grain leather atop the simple white rubber sole, but updates on the tongue logo and insoles that feature the popular cartoon character completes the tongue-in-cheek colab.
Opening Ceremony brings us the third chapter of their take on the classic Adidas Stan Smith Sale silhouette, and it features a straight trippy almost three-dimensional diamond pattern with hands stretching through covers the shoe. An off-white rubber sole serves a nice contrast against the bonkers upper and grey premium full grain leather detailing on the heel and Opening Ceremony-branded tongue tab is a nice touch.
