Recouture x adidas Campus 80s SH 'Grey'
Colorway: Grey Three/Chalk White/Core Black · Style code: FY6754 · Release date: September 11, 2020 · Price: $70 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: RECOUTURE x adidas Campus 80 'Black' (FY6751) · Recouture x adidas Campus 80s 'Dark Blue' (FY6753) · RECOUTURE x adidas Campus 80 'Chalk White' (FY6750) · adidas Shun Hirose x adidas Campus 80s 'Recouture' (FW7620) · Recouture x adidas Campus 80s SH 'Chalk White' (FY6755)
Recouture is a Tokyo repair and reconstruction workshop run by Shun Hirose, and in September 2020 it turned that repair language into a full colorway of the adidas Campus 80. The suede upper is deliberately reassembled out of order: panels land in mismatched spots, the medial eyestay is sewn straight onto the tongue instead of the vamp, and suede runs down into the lateral midsole where the rubber would normally show. It is finished in Grey Three, Chalk White and Core Black, so the mismatched sections read as different shades of grey rather than a graphic pattern.
The stitched leather heel tab and Trefoil branding are carried over unchanged from the standard Campus, which keeps the shoe legible as a Campus 80 despite the reworked upper. It released September 11, 2020 at a $120 retail price, in suede construction throughout. The Campus began life as a basketball shoe before it became a casual staple, and Recouture's deconstruction plays directly against that structure rather than replacing it.