adidas
adidas SL 72
Everything we hold on this shoe: 1 written piece, 3 UK dates ahead, 2 out now at retail.
SL is Super Light and 72 is the year.
SL is Super Light and 72 is the year
The spec
| Brand | adidas |
| Model | adidas SL 72 |
| UK release date | Fri 18 Sep |
| UK retail price | £90 |
No style code and no colourway here. Both come from the retailer listings on the calendar ahead, and this shoe has nothing on it, so the rows are absent rather than guessed at.
The other colourways we hold
Every other adidas SL 72 on our UK calendar, with its date and its UK listing price where the calendar carries one. The images are the retailer's own press shots.
SFTM x adidas SL 72 Pro Wild Teal
Fri 18 Sep, £90
SFTM x adidas SL 72 Pro Cream White
Fri 18 Sep, £90
adidas SL 72 OG Snakeskin Sand Strata
In stock, £90
adidas SL 72 OG Rhinestone Grey Black
In stock, £100On the calendar
UK dates and UK listing prices, taken from retailer listings rather than converted from dollars. Days that have gone are kept, dimmed, because an archive that deletes the past is not an archive.
| Date | Colourway | UK price |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 18 Sep | SFTM x adidas SL 72 Pro Simple Brown | £90 |
| Fri 18 Sep | SFTM x adidas SL 72 Pro Wild Teal | £90 |
| Fri 18 Sep | SFTM x adidas SL 72 Pro Cream White | £90 |
Out now at retail, 2 colourways
| adidas SL 72 OG Snakeskin Sand Strata | £90 |
| adidas SL 72 OG Rhinestone Grey Black | £100 |
What we have written
Every piece, with the place each claim came from underneath it. Where we could not reach a source we say so instead of quietly leaving it out.
SL is Super Light and 72 is the year
The SL 72 was released in 1972, SL stands for Super Light and 72 for the year, it has a nylon upper with suede overlays at the toe, heel and eyelets, it was a lightweight alternative aimed at the 1970s running boom, and it was the first shoe to feature the trefoil logo
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31
What we do not hold on the adidas SL 72 yet: no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.