ADIDAS X CRAIG GREEN KONTUUR I – limiteditionsmens

31 . 01 . 20

To Craig Green, footwear is like a sculpture, an opportunity to design something far apart from his apparel-focused mainline. Effectively and radically deconstructing the original template of adidas signatures, the London-based designer is effectively ringing in a side to the Three Stripes that we haven’t seen since Raf Simons slowly inched away. Revealed back during London Fashion Week last June, the collaboration opened to high praise, acclaimed for its imaginative redesign of silhouettes such as the Kamanda to taking on a fresh rebranding as the Kontour I .

The former, which was more colorful when displayed on the runway, is first hitting shops at the end of the month in neutrals: one a triple black and the other a tonal navy. Texture, however, remains, fueling aggression by way of molds similar to that of its proprietary sole unit. Craig Green logos sit subtle — as does the entire range — with the following Kountour II adding just a bit more contrast by way of its lighter colorway. This, with a seemingly ordinary grey upper, plays off the opposite of its darkly dressed sole unit whose jagged lines seem to battle that of the smoothened overlays and quilted constructions found just above; adjacent, a black alternate arrives replete with stealth ethos.

The ADIDAS X CRAIG GREEN KONTUUR I launches at limitEDitions Barcelona on 31st January 2020.