adidas Takes the Stan Smith to Crafts Class
What to know
ClosetKept AI- Stan Smith Strass features bedazzled heel instead of smooth leather.
- Entire heel covered in rhinestones that shine in dark.
- Release date: September 18, 2026.
- Designed for wearability despite extensive rhinestone coverage.
adidas has done just about everything you could think of to its iconic stan smith sneaker. It's warped it with the help of Yohji Yamamoto, squared it into an angular masterpiece, and now the humble sneaker is getting bedazzled within an inch of its life.
The Stan Smith Strass, the French word for rhinestones, takes one of the Three Stripes' simplest sneakers and turns it into an eye-catching disco ball of a shoe.
Instead of the smooth leather heel that the Stan Smith is known for, this take on the simple shoe wears an entirely bedazzled mustache that twinkles in the daylight and shines in the dark.
This glitzy shakeup is a switch-up to adidas' usual modus operandi for Stan Smith upgrades. Just take a look at the totally twisted Y-3 Diagonal Stan Smith sneaker or the crispy thin Stan Smith Lo Pro.
Most altered or adjusted adidas Stan Smith sneakers lean into odd proportions and avant-garde surrealism. The shiny Strass Stan Smith, though, is basically a beauty queen on rubber outsoles.
It's like adidas just took one of its most GOATed sneakers to an arts and crafts class and let the glue gun absolutely sing.
Though unlike your typical modge-podged creations, this shoe was designed to be worn, so runaway rhinestones shouldn't be as big a concern. We love a functional diva moment.
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