Coca-Cola and adidas Originals’ Superstar II Lets the Script Do the Talking
Red, cream, and a Coke Classic logo on the side panel give adidas’ shell-toe icon its most legible summer collab in years.
Name: Coca-Cola x adidas Originals Superstar II
Colorway: White/Cream/Red
SKU: KH6892
MSRP: TBC
Release Date: June 6
Where to Buy: adidas Japan
Coca-Cola and adidas Originals are releasing a collaborative Superstar II on June 6 as part of a wider six-shoe summer collection. The shoe is built on a weathered white base with cream and red accents and Coca-Cola Classic script branding on the side panel.
The design brief here is tight and it executes cleanly. A Footwear White leather upper carries the Superstar’s shell-toe silhouette in its most recognizable form, while cream accents soften what could have read as a stark all-white canvas, pushing the shoe toward something warmer and more worn-in. Red lands as the third element, pulling the palette directly into Coca-Cola Classic territory without requiring the script logo to carry all the branding weight on its own. By the time the Coke script appears on the side panel, it reads as confirmation rather than announcement.
That restraint is what separates the model from the louder pieces in the same collection. The white Superstar’s approach is more considered: the collab identity is present and legible, but the shoe’s own heritage geometry does most of the visual work. The shell toe construction, in production since 1969, has a strong enough silhouette that it doesn’t need a graphic to justify itself, and the Footwear White colorway respects that.
