adidas Superstar 360 J 'Scarlet'
Colorway: Scarlet/Core Black/Gold Metallic · Style code: CG6573 · Release date: January 7, 2019 · Price: $84 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Superstar 360 Superstar Print Sneakers (JH6495) · adidas Superstar 360 I 'Pink' (F97623) · adidas Superstar 360 C 'Black' (S32130) · adidas Superstar 360 I 'Dinosaur' (GX3269) · adidas Superstar 360 J 'Panda' (Q46317)
Lunar New Year gave this junior Superstar its palette. Scarlet covers the one-piece textile upper, a nod to the colour Chinese tradition ties to luck and celebration, while the serrated Three-Stripes run in Core Black and the logos are picked out in Gold Metallic. Reflective trim catches headlights after dark.
The 360 is the toddler and junior build of the Superstar: no laces at all, just a stretch bootie the foot pulls into, with the rubber shell toe carried over from the 1969 basketball original so kicked toes do not wear through. Underfoot, a light EVA outsole is cut with hexagonal flex grooves that let the sole bend with a small foot rather than fight it. Sizing was junior, the price $70, and the release date January 7, 2019, a few weeks ahead of the Year of the Pig itself. It sits in a long line of adidas Lunar New Year makeups that take their colours from Chinese symbolism rather than from the shoe's own archive.