adidas Originals SPZL Spezial Garwen Brown Leather Trainers BA7724

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adidas Originals SPZL Spezial Garwen Brown Leather Trainers BA7724

adidas Originals SPZL Spezial Garwen Brown Leather Trainers BA7724

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When I dug a bit deeper, the team in Herzo explained that it was the result of a practise called ‘grouping’. Grouping was a cost saving exercise where adidas licensees would reduce the number of moulds they would produce — so they might use a 7, 7.5 and an 8 on the size 8 tooling. As a result, a 7 upper on an 8 sole would create a gap — a ledge around the heel of the upper where you could see how the webbing was wrapped all the way around the midsole.” The result is the Noel Gallagher x Adidas Garwen Spezial. The silhouette is part of the brand’sheritage Spezial franchise, which specializes in reproducing and reimagining archival Adidas models and is led by designer Gary Aspden. Whether you’re a collector of vintage footwear, or simply love the aesthetic of this smarter shoe, you’ll want to cop when these launch in early spring. The adidas Garwen SPZL Brown is far removed from the conventional ‘sneaker’ aesthetic. This refined silhouette blends sports heritage with smarter menswear. As such, this boasts versatility, to be worn for all occasions. Let’s take a closer look at this design. The Warszawa SPZL is a new hybrid that borrows inspiration from some of the vintage adidas shoes in my personal archive.The key point of difference between the Warszawa and other ‘City Series’ silhouettes is the toe overlay. It is not a traditional ‘T’ toe and curves/flares out on the sides which accentuates the tightness of the toe box. That overlay was inspired by a vintage Argentinian made pair of adidas that I own but we took that idea further and refined it.

We can also finally lift the lid on the next addition to re-size? - the adidas Spezial NG SPZL Garwen. But not just any Garwen. This one has been signed by the man himself - Noel Gallagher. A collaborative effort between adidas Originals and the iconic Oasis member, this shoe is teaming with terrace heritage, inspired by Noel’s adidas Brisbanes and sporting a cleaner look without 3-Stripe branding. This leather pair is equipped with tonal stitching and a rich navy palette, with a Noel Gallagher print on the tongue for an extra nod to this music legend. This shoe was inspired by the OG adidas Raider. The outsole of the OG Raider was not available to us so we had to look at other options – the early samples used the ZX500 outsole but we felt it ‘flattened’ the silhouette so with the additional time we were able to explore other options. The OG adidas Raider from 86/87 was listed in catalogues as a Trekking shoe and came in several colourways. With its original purpose in mind we wanted to explore the idea of moving it further into the realms of a winterised trekking shoe – using an outsole that would look ‘chunkier’. We wanted the materials to be more robust and opted for a Cordura base (with Cordura branding). We made some further tweaks (e.g. adding eyelets, horizontal patch branding on the Cordura tongue and the cream cutaway in the outsole) before arriving at a shoe that we were all excited about. My dad was a hard worker, a good man and my biggest supporter – I sincerely hope the pleasure these shoes bring to people might in some way honour his memory’ Replacing the 3-Stripes, on the lateral sidewalls there’s a tonal branded adidas flap, while the rubber soles feature 3 indented stripes that combine with the classic Trefoil logo. These sturdy soles deliver a grippy tread and further branding for a classic adi sign-off. This shoe isn’t just drenched in musical heritage, the silhouette is inspired by Noel’s adidas Brisbanes that were part of the label’s rather elusive ’80s Leisure Series. Everything about this one is premium adidas, and it owns a cleaner look without 3-Stripe sidewall branding, really letting the quality of the leather uppers resonate. Exposed stitching jumps from tonal to crisp white, while most of the shoe owns a rich navy colouring. As well as the signature, there’s an ‘Endorsed by’ Noel Gallagher print on the tongue with a portrait image of the singer, reinforcing the link between music and footwear.

There have been a number of Malmö reissues in the 23 years I have worked with adidas so the challenge was to bring newness to a shoe that many will have preconceived ideas about.We knew immediately that we would want to revise the uppers and completely rework the toe box.We pulled together as many relevant references as possible.Like the Marathon 86 SPZL there is no definitive version of the Malmö but our ambition was to try and create a shoe that improves on their ancestry.We had a number of vintage Malmö (and other shoes) to work from,these shoes gave us a foundation to compare and contrast with whilst we took their traditional look in this new direction.We opted to use a degree of translucency in the sole (instead of a solid) which gives a ‘screening’ effect to the base of the 3 stripes. The shoes come with a second lace option in blue.We realise that to some these shoes are ‘sacred cows’ and our aim was to maintain the look and feel of a vintage shoe whilst taking the silhouette of the Malmö into a territory that previous reissues haven’t explored.’

This group was made up of Ian Brown (Musician/Stone Roses), Robert Brooks (collector), Neil Bedford (Photographer), Greg Bond (film maker) along with Gary Aspden and Mike Chetcuti. They travelled to Argentina where they found the shop and met its owner Carlos Ruiz. The trip was documented in the now renowned Documentary ‘Sole Searching in South America.’ Marking the fourth collaborative year between the German sportswear giant and Gary Aspden, the adidas Garwen SPZL Beige Gum has been unveiled, and it definitely deserves a place in your sneaker collection. I actually got a sneaky photo exclusive of the Moscrop at the CP Company panel talk in October 2021. GA was wearing them and I just happened to be on the front row!Gallagher’s personalized version of the Garwen Spezial features a tonal navy-blue leather upper. The singer-songwriter’s face is printed on the tongue— a nod to the iconic Stan Smith tennis sneaker— while hisdate of birth appears on the liner. We had talked about creating a new ‘City Series’ style shoe for Spezial but if we were to do that then we wanted to create a shoe that we felt respectfully paid homage to its ancestry.This new shoe needed to have a unique identity. We wanted it to be a flat suede/gum soled trainer so in keeping with adidas’s history if we were to create something in that style we felt it should carry the name of a European city. We knew we wanted to use the name Warszawa before we had a clear idea on the design and colourway. First and foremost it’s a city that has never had its own adidas shoe before. Although Dassler knew what he wanted to invent, he had to wait until the early 1970s and advances in technology to do so. When he found a machine that would inject foam into the soles, Dassler had finally achieved his goal. The Adilette Slides were brought to market in 1972, shortly before the Summer Olympic Games in Munich. The sandals were designed with suction pads on the sole to stop athletes from slipping in the shower. They were wide and had three stripes across the top, they were mostly dark blue and white. Their owners absolutely loved them. The Adilette Slide was precisely what they had been looking for.



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