Rick Owens reunites with Adidas on Springblade shoes and inflatable ready-to-wear
The designer's new Adidas collaboration, first shown at his spring 2027 runway in June, puts the brand's blade-soled Springblade technology on boots and runners priced $590 to $850, on sale from 17 November.
Rick Owens is back with Adidas. In an interview with Vogue published on 9 November, the designer said the latest chapter of his on-and-off partnership with the sportswear giant came from a simple frustration: seeing runners in his circle wear other brands’ trainers.
What is in the collection
- Footwear built on Adidas Springblade technology — a row of futuristic blades in the sole — applied to a gaiter-like boot and a runner, drawing on Owens’s existing “Taco” shoe shape.
- Ready-to-wear including hooded capes, tracksuit trousers, sharp-shouldered sleeveless tunics, and jackets and bodysuits inflated by internal fans, inspired in part by pieces Owens found in the Adidas archive.
The pieces were first shown at Owens’s spring 2027 runway show in Paris in June. Owens told Vogue the inflatable garments will also be produced for sale, saying he never wanted his runways to be “an impossible dream”.
Price and launch
According to Vogue, the Rick Owens for Adidas Springblade shoes will cost $590 to $850 and go on sale on 17 November at adidas.com, rickowens.eu and selected retailers. Owens added that his next goal with Adidas is a light, flat gym shoe.
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