Adidas Superstar SMR 360 C 'Black'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: CG6987 · Price: $90 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Superstar SMR 360 I 'Core Black' (CG6586) · adidas Superstar SMR 360 I 'Clear Orange' (CG6585) · Adidas Superstar SMR 360 Little Kid 'Royal Blue Yellow' (FY9833)
Two colours and no fastening. Black covers the upper, white handles the shell toe and sole, and the shoe closes by stretching rather than by lacing, which is the entire premise of the 360 line adidas runs for children.
The parts that survive the translation from the adult shoe are the ones that identify it: the moulded rubber toe cap, the Three-Stripes down the side, the Trefoil on the tongue. What gets dropped is the leather upper, the eyelet row and the heavy rubber cupsole, all replaced by lighter, more flexible equivalents that suit a foot still growing. adidas priced it at $70. Black-and-white is the oldest Superstar recipe there is, and putting it on a shoe a child can pull on unaided is most of why the kids line sells.