The infamous Adidas Stan Smith vintage tennis shoe sees it's re-release today, 15th January 2014.
This renowned Adidas style was Adidas's first tennis shoe, was the first ever leather tennis shoe, and was originally the signature shoe of another player - Robert Haillet.
In 1963 Horst Dassler (son of Adidas's founder Adolf 'Adi' Dassler) came up with the concept for the first Adidas tennis shoe - it was to carry a simple silhouette, be constructed with a leather upper, featuring minimal ventilated three stripe branding, and be built on a pimpled rubber outsole.
In 1965 the shoe was endorsed by French professional tennis player Robert Haillet and was marketed as the Adidas Robert Haillet.
A couple of years later Robert Haillet retired from his tennis career and Adidas turned to Stan Smith in a bid to continue with their success of the shoe.
Stan Smith, a California born professional tennis player had won the US Open in 1970, Wimbledon in 1971, and was accredited as the world's number one mens tennis player in 1972.
Stan Smith was keen to pick up the gauntlet and in 1973 a royalties agreement was put into place for Stan Smith to take over the endorsement of the style.
For some years following however Haillet's name remained on the shoe's tongue above a sketched portrait of Stan Smith, it was finally replaced by Stan Smith's own name in 1978.
The 2012 Adidas Stan Smith re-release has been produced in premium materials, is offered in three slightly different classic colourways, and is only available through a limited number of Adidas Statement accounts including Consortium.
Adidas Stan Smith (Neo White/Neo White/Fairway)
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