Adidas Samba OG 'Legacy Purple Olive Strata'
Colorway: Alumina/Legacy Purple/Olive Strata · Style code: JP5675 · Release date: November 16, 2024 · Price: $103 · Availability: Available now
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Three colours carry this release and not one of them is a Samba staple: Alumina sits alongside Legacy Purple and Olive Strata. adidas built it on a textile upper instead of the leather and suede combination the Samba OG normally uses, which shifts both the weight of the shoe and the way colour reads across its panels. The construction is otherwise untouched, meaning the low-slung last, the T-shaped toe overlay and the gum outsole the model has carried since its days as a football trainer.
It went on sale on 16 November 2024 at 100 dollars, the price adidas held for adult Samba OG pairs through that stretch. By late 2024 the model had been in heavy rotation for three years, and general-issue colourways were arriving fast enough that an unusual pairing was the main way to stand out without a collaborator's name on the box. Textile uppers also make seasonal colour work easier, since dye behaves differently on woven fabric than it does on suede. For a buyer that is the trade: a lighter, more matte Samba that will never develop the nap and shine a suede pair picks up over a year of wear.