The Adidas Consortium has a new PLAY, a project involving top Asian designers doing re-interpreptations of the otherwise tried-and-true Stan Smith (you know, one of our favorite sneakers ever). This simple-but-retro shoe, is perhaps most often recognized for its basic design, perforated “three-stripe” sides, all-leather top, and standard rubber sole. But designer Shigeki Fujihima adds […]

It’s no secret we love our Stan Smiths — we rated them pretty high in our Top 13 Sneakers, Shoes, Boots, High-Tops & Luxury Footwear Of 2013 best-of list. So it’s exciting to see the high-end maestros at adidas Consortium re-imagine the sneaker in a quartet of premium materials. Although one of the greatest attributes of the shoe […]

A couple weeks ago we did a preview of the mastermind JAPAN x adidas Originals final sneaker collection, and today we get to highlight our favorite pair. Adidas’ Rivalry Hi silhouette get the typical mastermind JAPAN treatment, which means they’re constructed of high quality premium materials in a black and white colorway. Of course expect […]

Normally we don’t post teasers of tracks, but we worship the almighty Modeselektor here so we are totally stoked that the Berlin future bassheads are blessing us with a small sample of their third LP (out September 20). Monkeytown sees the German producers (aka Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) teaming up with Thom Yorke on […]

Adidas iconic Rod Lavers are among our favorite sneakers here at the Meadows, so we really appreciate Limited Edt Vault’s contribution to shoe. The Singapore-based sneaker boutique decided to take the classic shoe and give it an all futuristic makeover, taking its premium leather upper and lending it a rich, night-sky blue hue and adding […]

Cap is exactly what it looks like: a stool shaped like a spray can cap, the ultimate symbol of graffiti culture. Developed by the amazingly named underground Swedish design team Don’t Feed the Swedes, the duo had to re-form under their new moniker DFTS Factory to get the Cap into production. “We made a prototype […]

To this day the Rod Laver remains my favorite Adidas shoe, and here DQM gives the Adidas Originals Consortium their take on the classic trainer. The three variations feature full grain leather on the tongue, toe-box and heel-tab, the Trefoil and DQM logos embossed on the tongue, the Consortium handshake label on the heel, herringbone […]