A continuation of adidas Originals’ Five-Two 3 campaign, the brand now offers a peek into a contribution from Tokyo, designed by Hectic’s main man, YOPPI. The set consists of a Samba sneaker and matching t-shirt, both taking inspiration from Tokyo culture. Retail for the sneakers is set at ¥13,650 (Approx. $157 USD) while the tee is priced at ¥6,195 (Approx. $71 USD). Both are now available through select adidas Originals retailers as well as realmadHECTIC.
Source: Cool Trans
The artist pack is a collaboration consisting of the five most iconic originals’ footwear models with 5 artists out of 5 of the most influential cities around the globe. New York, London, Paris, Milan and Tokyo. With all artists being inspired by their respective cities, plus their unique and diverse approach of creating outstanding art, the pack perfectly represents today’s mindset of combining local and global thinking. The artists contributing to the pack are Pochoir, MADSAKI, Dalek, Fakso and KRSN.
Pochoir worked on the Superstar, KRSN worked on the KRSN, Madsaki worked on the Samba, Dalek on the Forum Mid and Fakso worked on the Nizza Hi.
adidas has released the latest installment in their Five Two-3 program. Entitled the City Artist Pack, the most recent drop features five different silhouettes, each of which has been customized by a world renowned street artist. Specifically we have: London’s Pochoir on a pair of Superstars, Osaka-born Madsaki with the Samba, Fasko Nizza His, Dalek representing NYC with some Forum Mids and French artist KRSN taking care of the Stan Smith. All five of these styles are now available select retailers including Solebox and SNS.
