This adidas Stan Smith is an Ode to Yohji Yamamoto

Yohji Yamamoto’s Y-3 adidas sub-label have been an integral part of the Three Stripes catalogue ever since its inception in 2003. The influence that the revered avant-garde Japanese designer has had on the industry is unparalleled. Yamamoto and Team Trefoil were one of the first to blur the lines between high-fashion and sportswear back in the early-2000s – something we think of as normal today. The Y-3 label is still kicking on today, and adidas are celebrating the twenty-year relationship with a specialised Stan Smith release.

This celebratory iteration is dubbed the Yohji Yamamoto Stan Smith, and boasts two colourways using the designer’s favourite colours. The first arrives in a black outsole with premium leather upper and black tongue, while the second opts for an almost-all-black look with a white tongue. Completing these themed-out Yamamoto editions is a portrait of the 80-year-old designer on the tongue.

The Yohji Yamamoto Stan Smith sneaker is currently available at the designer’s brick-and-mortar boutiques and adidas’ webstores.