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adidas Stan Smith

Everything we hold on this shoe: 3 written pieces.

For 5 years this shoe had 2 men's names on the same tongue.

Stan Smith


The spec

Brandadidas
Modeladidas Stan Smith

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.


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.

The shoes history

Stan Smith

The Stan Smith was first launched in 1965 and originally named the adidas Robert Haillet after the French player; it carries three rows of perforations on both sides of the leather upper rather than traditional adidas stripes; in 1967 green foam padding was added at the back of the shoe for achilles tendon protection; Stan Smith signed in 1973 and from 1973 to 1978 the tongue carried his portrait with the word Haillet above it; by 1978 Haillet was removed and the shoe was officially renamed
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31

The shoes thennow

Stan Smith

Same sources as above on this page

The shoes fact

The brand's most recognisable mark is on this shoe as a negative

Same sources as above on this page


What we do not hold on the adidas Stan Smith yet: nothing on our UK release calendar and no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.