Five Wales Bonner x Adidas sneakers will be released on 24 October, at 2 PM GMT. Fans can buy the sneakers online from the official website of Adidas, and other selected retailers, after the launch.

But it’s the brand’s longtime collaboration with Wales Bonner that’s proved most covetable. Grace Wales Bonner’s eponymous label is known for her seamless blending of sportswear and tailoring, so her collections for Adidas are a match made in fashion heaven.

In taking on the Superstar for the first time, Wales Bonner brings white croc leather for the bulk of the upper and blue croc leather for the stripes. Cream is then used for the smooth leather stitched mustache and tongue, as well as the shell toe and sole unit. Gold debossed branding then includes Wales Bonner’s name above the stripes.

Through her collaborations with Adidas Originals, Grace Wales Bonner has imbued sportswear staples with the same elevated sensibility that defines her mainline collections. Tracksuits have been realised in considered,

In the campaigns for her eponymous brand’s partnership with Adidas, Grace Wales Bonner has taken us to the training grounds of Kenya’s greatest runners, as well as the crystal-clear seas of Jamaica’s coast.

The latest arrivals feature re-coded sporting looks and reimagined iterations of the classic Samba silhouette.

The FW24 collection brings a new perspective to the Three Stripes, inspired by British subculture, her Caribbean roots, the global African diaspora, and of course, Hip-Hop.

Let’s be clear on something: you can debate sneakerheads and menswear geeks on X on the merits of the Adidas Samba all day and all night, but they’re not over until Grace Wales Bonner says they’re over.