adidas Stan Smith Cordura 'Black Gum'
Colorway: Core Black/Carbon/Gum Three · Style code: GZ2592 · Release date: December 9, 2022 · Price: $88 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Stan Smith Cordura 'Earth Strata' (IG0247) · Adidas Stan Smith Cordura 'Pantone Gum' (GZ2593) · Adidas Stan Smith Cordura 'Trace Grey' (GX4446) · Adidas Stan Smith Cordura 'Bliss Crystal White' (GY5964)
Built with Cordura instead of leather, this all-black Stan Smith takes its name from a gum rubber outsole rather than a printed graphic. Cordura is a densely woven nylon fabric developed for durability, and here it replaces the model's usual leather across the perforated three-stripe panels while the tongue still carries Stan Smith's portrait. A Carbon-toned overlay reinforces the darker palette against the gum sole. It released December 9, 2022, at $120.
Cordura builds are more commonly associated with hiking and workwear than with a shoe first designed for the tennis court, which makes this colorway an outlier within the Stan Smith line rather than a small palette shift. The gum outsole reinforces that direction, borrowing a material cue typically found on skate and outdoor footwear rather than the classic shoe's usual rubber cupsole.