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When Adidas and Child Cudi dropped the primary sneaker of their official partnership final month, it was a little bit of a head-scratcher (in a great way). Quite than create a brand new silhouette or apply Cudi’s eye for the zany to a basic Three Stripes sneaker, they reached into the model’s archives to reissue an old-school basketball sneaker made well-known by Grant Hill and slacker film icons Invoice & Ted. A welcome shock? Completely. Nonetheless, it was an odd begin to a partnership as high-profile as this. Adidas collaborators have a tendency to begin their partnerships off with a bang, usually reimagining basic silhouettes just like the Samba, or swinging for the fences with new, creative silhouettes. Didn’t a trend trail-blazer like Cudi deserve one thing a bit extra…Cudi?
Because it seems, the Artillery Hello was one thing of a delicate launch, with Cudi’s newly revealed mainstage adidas debut really drawing direct affect from that silhouette—amongst different issues. Referred to as the Vadawam 326, the sneaker shall be dropping later this month. Cudi crafted the shoe as a tribute to his daughter Vada, who was born in 2010. The 326 within the shoe’s title, which can be printed throughout its ankle flaps, is a nod to her birthday (and to a portrait tattoo of Vada Cudi has on his neck).
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The place the Artillery Hello marked Cudi and Adidas trying to the previous, the Vadawam 326 has its ft firmly planted sooner or later. It’s the bizarre, fashion-forward silhouette you’d anticipate from a partnership between the man behind the Man on the Moon information and a model that has discovered unprecedented success over the past a number of years by trusting the eccentric imaginative and prescient of one other rap celebrity.
The mid-cut sneaker contains a chunky, moon boot-esque design anchored by three off-center velcro straps throughout the lacing. The higher alternates between clean and marbled leather-based in addition to patches of suede and options erratic panel blocking, making a wealthy array of texture from high to backside. The outer facet of every heel options an unmistakably Cudi contact within the type of ridges that appear to resemble air flow panels—a transparent nod to NASA and spacesuit design.
That mentioned, the collaboration nonetheless has—*ahem*—one foot prior to now. It’s no mistake that Cudi’s collaboration withAdidas began with a retro of an old-school basketball silhouette. The Vadawam attracts simply as a lot from space-race design because it does from hoop kicks with excessive uppers, chunky padding, and thick tongues. There are even two direct nods to the Torsion Artillery Hello on the shoe: a Torsion bar within the sole and an off-center Adidas Trefoil brand on every tongue, roughly similar to those on the Artillery Hello. It’s all drawn along with the official Child Cudi x Adidas brand, that includes (after all) the moon, embossed on the heel.
The Vadawam 326 is dropping in two colorways to begin, with extra virtually definitely on the best way. The “Core White” consists of creamy whites offset by brown and tan patches whereas “Core Black” options blacks, slates, and purple-hued greys in addition to some refined photo voltaic pink detailing.
From producing horror mastermind Ti West’s subsequent movie to placing in work as an actor in Westworld, We Are Who We Are, and Invoice & Ted Face The Music (and eventually dropping a 3rd Man on the Moon album earlier this week after a decade of anticipation), it’s been a banner 12 months for Child Cudi. He appears to have spent it making each effort to remind us that there’s no level in attempting to place him in any form of field. The man does all of it—and add sneaker design to that checklist.
The adidas x Child Cudi Vadawam 326 is accessible through the CONFIRMED app and Foot Locker on December 17th.
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