adidas
adidas Superstar
Everything we hold on this shoe: 5 written pieces, 4 UK dates ahead, 1 out now at retail.
Run-DMC's co-manager got an adidas executive, Angelo Anastasio, into Madison Square Garden on 19 July 1986.
Shell toe
The spec
| Brand | adidas |
| Model | adidas Superstar |
| UK release date | Sun 29 Nov |
| UK retail price | £100 |
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 Superstar 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.
Marvel x adidas Superstar Doctor Doom
Thu 31 Dec, £110
Marvel x adidas Superstar Black Panther
Thu 31 Dec, £110
Marvel x adidas Superstar Ant Man
Thu 31 Dec, £110
Drama Call x adidas Superstar II Black White
In stock, £110On 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 29 Nov | Molly-Mae x adidas Superstar Latte | £100 |
| Thu 31 Dec | Marvel x adidas Superstar Doctor Doom | £110 |
| Thu 31 Dec | Marvel x adidas Superstar Black Panther | £110 |
| Thu 31 Dec | Marvel x adidas Superstar Ant Man | £110 |
Out now at retail, 1 colourway
| Drama Call x adidas Superstar II Black White | £110 |
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.
Shell toe
The Superstar has been made since 1969, introduced as a low top version of the Pro Model basketball shoe, with rubber toe protection, the "shell toe", and a non marking sole
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31
Run-DMC's co-manager talking Angelo Anastasio into Madison Square Garden on 19 July 1986, the shell toes held up during My adidas, and the deal being the first between a musical act and a sports brand
Not verified. no reachable source confirms the date, the name or the first claim
adidas Superstar
Same sources as above on this page
Nobody drew the shell toe to look good
Same sources as above on this page
adidas Superstar
The Superstar was introduced in 1969 as a low-top version of the Pro Model basketball shoe; it is nicknamed the shell toe for its rubber shell toe cap; the rubber toe protection and non-marking sole drew NCAA and NBA players, notably Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and George Gervin; by 1973 it was reportedly worn by more than 75% of all NBA players; Run-DMC released a tribute song in 1986 and the advertising deal that followed was the first endorsement deal between hip hop artists and a major corporation; in 2015 adidas sold over 15 million pairs, its top selling shoe of that year
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31
4 years from release to being on 3 quarters of a professional league
Same sources as above on this page
What we do not hold on the adidas Superstar yet: no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.