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adidas Vespa Trainers
Vespa and adidas have combined to create a new trainer this summer and the result is as iconic as the brand names suggest.
Sausage and mash, Xavi and Iniesta, Run DMC and Aerosmith… there have been some great double acts in our time. But sticking two things you love together isn’t always a recipe for success. Get it wrong and it’s possible to create a Frankenstein’s monster that’s far less than the sum of its parts (see De Niro and Pacino in Michael Mann’s chuggernaut Heat).
Thankfully the new adidas Vespa LX Lo is a hit, successfully combining a little of that iconic 60s Italian style with German trainer engineering. The result is a really good-looking pair of suede and mesh kicks that feature a tasteful adidas/Vespa logo on the tongue, heel and eyelet.
They’re available in silver and white but we particularly like the electric blue pair featuring waspish white and neon yellow stripes which is fitting because vespa is Italian for wasp. The latter have been glued to our feet since they arrived at Sabotage Towers and judging by the number of appreciative looks from sneakerheads in the street we’re not alone in rating them.
The adidas Vespa range are available exclusive to Foot Locker.
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Hold on, since when was Heat a "chuggernaut"?
Praline and dick.
1) they look horrible in that colourway 2) just because 2 iconic fashion names team up doesnt mean the result is great, the original adidas/vespa kit was brilliant, this isnt. 3) the fact its exclusive to footlocker tells you why its not brilliant, because its designed to appeal to lowest common denominator demographics ie. scallys and chavs- check out the lime green colourway for proof 4) your link to footlocker doesnt work.
New Balance>Adidas and have been for years. This simply re-affirms this.
Bad trabs them!
They may have 2 iconic names on them adidas and vespa..but its a pity they look PONY though!!!
These are foul. I can't think it who they could possibly be market at. Do chavs ride vespa's? Do mods wear Adidas? I'm confused and so are these by the look of things.
