Official Look at adidas Originals x Bad Bunny & Lionel Messi Gazelle and F50 Cleat
A tastefully understated tripartite collaboration that intersects with global music and sports.
Product Name: Bad Bunny & Lionel Messi Gazelle and F50
SKUs: JR0182 (Gazelle)/IH7336 (Gazelle)
Retail Price: $180 USD (Gazelle)/$300 USD (F50)
Release Date: Available now
Retailers: adidas CONFIRMED app
Update: adidas Originals has officially announced Bad Bunny and Lionel Messi‘s joint collaboration in two new silhouettes. As previously rumored, the collaboration features an indoor Gazelle and an F50 cleat, which both draw inspiration from the Puerto Rican rapper and the Argentinian football star’s cross-cultural communities.
According to adidas, the collaboration grew organically from the mutual respect shared by the two adidas ambassadors. “This campaign celebrates our fans,” Messi said in a statement. “Music is connected to many aspects of my life, and Bad Bunny is an artist who is never missing from my playlist,” he continued. Bad Bunny, whose handwritten signature appears as “Benito” on the pair, said “I compare the love he feels for his country and his sport to the love I feel for music and Puerto Rico,” on his respect for Messi. In the spirit of the boundary-breaking collaboration, which brings the energetic worlds of music and sports together, the final result is a dynamic duo comprising both a classic silhouette and a field-ready cleat.
Adidas design director Rafael Mayorga shared that the duo ventured into adidas’s archives together and were inspired by the character of the brand’s classic models. The Bad Bunny & Messi Gazelle is made in a natural-toned aniline leather that gains its own unique patina with long-time wear, while X-shaped stripes on the heel are a subtle reference to Messi’s number 10 jersey. The Bad Bunny & Messi F50 adopts the same color scheme as the Gazelle, with accents of blue as a nod to the Argentinian flag. Every detail of the pairs are considered from the retro rubber soles of the Gazelle to the iridescent outsoles of the F50.
The Bad Bunny & Messi F50 and Gazelle will be available on October 21 on the adidas CONFIRMED app and on October 26th at adidas flagship stores.
Original Story: New images have surfaced of a potential tripartite collaboration between Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, football star Lionel Messi and adidas originals. The Gazelle Indoor variant shown in the video below boasts handwritten names of the two global icons on the three-strip overlays and colors that appear in both of their recent Gazelle models.
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The leather upper upgrades the look of the classic model and is accented with a suede toe overlays. The body is doused in a largely taupe hue while titanium white accentuates the eyestays, laces and stripes. A subtle accent of vibrant blue, recalling Bad Bunny x adidas Gazelle Indoor ‘San Juan’ appears on the tongue tag and the insole. adidas’s classic translucent brown rubber soles bring emphasis to the heritage aspect of the silhouette.
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With three collaborators that have plenty to offer, without becoming overstated or gimmicky the final result has restrained luxury sensibility. Lately, adidas has been experimenting more with a fluid approach to collaboration, inviting more partners across different demographics and industries to synthesize new designs. Another successful example is Clarks Originals x Ronnie Fieg x adidas 8th Street Samba, which brought the two footwear brands together under the Kith founder.
While an official release date has not been confirmed, rumors suggest a November release. Stay tuned to Hypebeast for more updates.
