Adidas Stan Smith Slip-On Backless Mule 'Cloud White'
Colorway: Cloud White/Cloud White/Cloud White · Style code: FX0532 · Release date: May 13, 2020 · Price: $88 · Availability: Available now
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This backless mule reworks the Stan Smith by cutting away the heel counter, so the shoe slides on and off without undoing the laces up front. The perforated three-row stripe pattern and simple round toe carry over unchanged, and it sits on the same midsole shape used on the lace-up original. Opening the heel like this turns a lace-up court shoe into something closer to a slide, worn as an easy on-and-off pair rather than a shoe meant for extended activity.
The whole build, upper, tooling, and laces, runs in a single Cloud White, keeping the mule reading as one tone rather than splitting the palette across panels. It released May 13, 2020, at $70, giving the slip-on construction the same retro proportions as the laced version it's built from.