For this season, adidas introduces the timeless track jacket and revises it with a contemporary flair. The iconic sportswear piece is made from polyester in a multicolor paneled construction, which adds a stylistic element to its overall make up. Featuring the label’s signature three stripes running down the sleeves, the lightweight jacket is finished with an embroidered trefoil situated at the chest. Available in three colorways, look for the track jacket now at adidas retailers.
The Los Angeles Clippers are calling back to the San San Diegan (San Dieigan? San Diagon?) heritage, and introducing light blue throwback jerseys for the 2013-14 NBA season. The jerseys look fantastic, color is on point, the side features flags with a nautical theme and there’s absolutely no way the Clippers could screw this up outside of … yeah, they screwed them up.
The Clippers put sleeves on the jerseys. At least 90 percent of the new jerseys look great. From the team’s website:
Designed by adidas, the uniforms are inspired by heritage of the Clippers organization and the Nautical culture of the southern California area. The “Back in Blue” uniform features light blue color for the first time since the team was based in San Diego. Light blue has a rich history with the organization and has been a part of the team’s identity since they were the Buffalo Braves in the 1970’s. The lightweight woven shorts feature three iconic nautical flags to represent each of the team’s letters – L-A-C- to stand for Los Angeles Clippers.
Here’s a look at the Sunday jersey:
Here’s Jamal Crawford, suffering in near silence:
Here’s Bill Walton, wearing the inspiration behind the jersey.
After getting a sneak peak at the Clippers new “Back in Blue” uniforms in a NBA 2K14 video, today we have our first official look at the upcoming sleeved-uniforms. L.A. and adidas unveiled the new uniform today at media day, and these light blue joints will be worn for Clippers Sunday home games throughout the […]
The Los Angeles Clippers are going ‘Back to Blue’ with these new uniforms from adidas, as the team will don these short-sleeve light blue jerseys for their Sunday home games during the ’13-14 season. Check out the soon to be on-court look in the gallery above.
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“The ‘Back in Blue’ uniform features a light blue color for the first time since the team was based in San Diego in 1985. The shorts feature nautical flags to represent the team’s letters – L-A-C – to stand for Los Angeles Clippers.”
The adidas Copa Mundial is a boot virtually every serious player has worn over their lifetime. A boot characterized by comfort and classic design, the Copa Mundial has earned the title of the world's best-selling boot over the course of its 23 year lifespan with over 10 million pairs sold. A new limited edition version presents a flipped colorway from the original, stressing an all-white upper with black accents. Virtually unchanged from the original predecessor, the Copa Mundial is becoming an increasingly rare example of soccer boots as many brands look to remove kangaroo leather from their boot lineups. The White Copa Mundial will release in limited quantities on October 1.
Not only does a red/black/white color combination perfectly reflect the look of his hometown NBA squad, but a bright red look also happens to be the favorite color of Derrick Rose's mom, Brenda. Thus, adidas continues its long-running "Brenda" installments of Rose's signature footwear with a corresponding edition of the newly-unveiled adidas D Rose 4. Pairing a red synthetic leather front half with a glossy motif to represent the layers of Rose's family, the kicks see a contrasting back half with both the GEOFIT collar and SPRINTFRAME done up in black. As always, the Chicago Bulls point guard's distinctive logo adorns both the tongue and collar. The adidas D Rose 4 "Brenda" is set to drop October 10 for $140 USD at adidas Basketball stockists across the globe.
As iconic Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto and adidas celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their collaborative Y-3 endeavor, the two present a limited edition compilation box set. Honoring the decade-long milestone, the set - available on both CD and vinyl - includes a specially-curated compilation while the exterior packaging - designed by PL Studio - features imagery from past runway shows and campaigns. If you can't get your hands on one of the 500 box sets, the compilation is available to download online for a limited time.
As the story goes, when Michael Jordan was deciding which sneaker company to sign with out of UNC, he was sure about one thing: It almost certainly would not be Nike. Jordan had a very high opinion of adidas, and he had played his entire college career in Converse – which endorsed guys like Magic, […]
Just a few days after the official launch of the D Rose 4, adidas is giving us our first look at the infamous “Brenda” colorway. As has become custom for Derrick Rose‘s signature sneaker line, this shoe pays tribute to his mother with her favorite color: red. “My mom means the world to me,” Rose […]
Wow, Drake. That’s an impressive Jordan retro collection. I haven’t seen one of those since… this morning from one of our followers on the KoF Twitter.
Retros, retros, retros. Somewhere along the way the sneakerhead community (ok, the vocal ones that love to front on social media) abandoned the chase for the latest in design and technology and decided that they were going to plant their flag in the 90s and say “nah, we’re done.”
Many say the tipping point for the retro craze becoming the dominant force came when the Air Jordan 11 “Concord” dropped in late 2011 and we’ve been living a fever dream of buying the same shoes again and again since. That’s not to say the whole retro phenomenon has been a bad thing, however. Thanks to the renewed interest in the most popular kicks from the past, we’ve seen companies dig deep into their archives hoping to find the next big hit, put together new and exciting colorways for old favorites and given us a reason to care about names like Shawn Kemp, Shaquille O’Neal, Grant Hill and Antoine “dammit, stop shooting” Walker again now that they have a second life of relevance.
But let’s also be real, not every retro is created equal. In fact, some of the retros that have dropped this year weren’t even that popular when they first came out. So for this week’s edition of Heat or Hype, here are some of the more notable signature (well, mostly signature) retros to drop this year and we want to know whether you think their popularity is deserved (properly rated), undeserved (overrated) or could use some more love (underrated).
