adidas Originals is handing some of its most familiar pieces over to a new generation and letting them decide what they mean now. The latest European apparel collection brings together Denim, Knit and Icons into the visual language of music, streetwear and culture across the globe. Featuring loose denim, cropped proportions, knitwear and reworked sportswear layers, the collection offers a wardrobe built to shift depending on who’s wearing it.
You can see that energy play out directly across Schön!’s vision of the collection. Shot by Jonas Huckstorf and styled by Ingo Nahrwold, it drops the pieces into hand-drawn, comic-book-style sets; bursts, doodles and speech bubbles courtesy of artist Irene Chin that turn the studio into a playful zine. The same Firebird Adicolor Denim jacket is worn almost like a scarf in one look, then zipped up straight and structured in another, with nothing about the garment itself changing except how someone decided to wear it.
Models Grace and Luthando are styled to show the different ways to approach the collection, with the latter moving through the editorial with a Firebird Adicolor Jeans jacket and trousers and Superstar IIs on his feet, while the former turns up in Barrel Jeans and a 3-Stripes tee. It’s all about how the pieces move when someone actually jumps, twists, or slouches into them, and how far adidas’ tracksuit has changed since its initial release in ’67, with youth still shaping where it goes from here.
The adidas Originals Europe Apparel Collection is available across Europe from September 1, online, on the adidas app and at selected retail partners.
This Schön! x adidas Originals special has been produced by
photography. Jonas Huckstorf
fashion. Ingo Nahrwold
models. Grace Epolo @ Tigers Mgmt + Luthando Ngema @ MINT Artist Management
hair. Rebecca Schmitz
make up. Yvonne Wengler
fashion assistant. Dzenefa Halilovic
artwork. Irene Chin
concept. Alix Taccardo