adidas Originals Craftsmanship Sneaker Pack – Strider
by Eugene Kan, September 6, 2008
Continuing with our look into adidas Originals most coveted collection this season, the Craftsmanship pack aims to highlight and juxtapose the old versus the new with the revisiting of adidas’ lifestyle icons such as the Strider, adicolor, Superstar, Decade Low and Micropacer. For the Strider, its birth in 1984 was a mid-cut answer to the previously released hit, the Decade. The original Strider model version seen here is a slightly modified offering with embossed reptile skin but maintaining the original clean colorway. The contemporary new version of the Strider is perhaps one of the boldest re-interpretations throughout the whole Craftsmanship pack with the liberal use of pony hair and an un-lined inner.
Images of the other colorway on the second page…
[...] Proceeding with the adidas Originals Craftsmanship Sneaker Pack collection, yet again more classics are re-born through the series in the process get a few minor upgrades. The Strider was originally introduced in 1984 as a mid-cut model which followed up the Decade. We get a look at two modified styles, one being an original color-way. To balance old with new, a more contemporary edition accompanies the original model. Composed of pony hair and assortment of other materials, its easy to distinguish the classic design from the updated version in the pack. Via hb. [...]