adidas Stan Smith 'Snakeskin - Pink Scarlet'
Colorway: Cloud White/Scarlet/Glow Pink · Style code: FU9617 · Release date: October 8, 2020 · Price: $403 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Stan Smith 'Snakeskin' (EH0151) · Adidas Stan Smith Snakeskin (AQ2728) · Adidas Stan Smith 'Red Snakeskin' (AQ2729) · Adidas Wmns Stan Smith 'Black Snakeskin' (FV3422) · Adidas Stan Smith Big Kid 'Snakeskin' (HP9723)
Scarlet and Glow Pink are two colours the Stan Smith almost never carries at once, and on this 2020 pair they arrive alongside a snakeskin texture worked into the leather. The base is Cloud White, so from a distance it still reads as the familiar white court shoe; up close the scale pattern catches light differently from the smooth hide of the standard version, and the red and pink make it clear this is not the green-tab pair. The perforated rows in the stripe positions and the padded heel tab are unchanged.
Snakeskin finishes on a Stan Smith are a way of adding luxury cues without changing the shape, and pairing that texture with a hot pink and a true red pushes the shoe toward evening wear rather than the tennis court. It is a strong choice with black or denim, where the white base and the two accents can do all the work. The cupsole and lacing follow the standard shoe, so the fit is the one most people already know. For anyone who finds the tonal and green versions too plain, this is one of the loudest standard-line Stan Smiths of its year.