Adidas Superstar 'Core Black & Sand Strata' Black Leather Upper, Sand Strata 3-Stripes & Heel Tab, Black Shell Toe, Black Round Laces & Black Rubber Outsole Tonal Urban Heritage Lifestyle Sneakers

Adidas Superstar 'Core Black & Sand Strata'

Black is the colour of conviction — and the Adidas Superstar in 'Core Black & Sand Strata' wears it with the quiet authority of a shoe that has nothing left to prove. The all-black leather upper is one of the most powerful configurations the Superstar has ever appeared in: every element — the shell toe, the side panels, the cupsole, the laces, the outsole — rendered in a single, unified black that strips the Superstar back to its essential architecture and lets the silhouette speak entirely for itself. Into this field of black comes the single, deliberate accent: Sand Strata leather 3-Stripes and the matching heel tab, a warm, natural sand tone that sits against the black with the understated luxury of raw linen against midnight. Not bright, not bold — but precise and intentional in a way that makes every other two-tone Superstar feel slightly less considered. This is the Superstar for those who understand that the most powerful statement is the one that barely needs to be made.

• Colorway: Core Black / Sand Strata (Linen / Warm Sand) / Black
• Silhouette: Adidas Superstar — the legendary low-top basketball sneaker first released in 1969 and one of the best-selling and most culturally significant adidas models of all time; the shell toe, the 3-Stripes, the low-profile cupsole — the Superstar’s complete iconic architecture appears here in its most refined, tonal form; in this core black edition, the Superstar achieves a dark, minimal elegance that makes it one of the most versatile and seasonally ageless colorways in the model’s heritage
• Upper: Core black smooth leather upper — a deep, rich, clean black smooth leather that covers the entire upper construction including the toe box panels, vamp, quarter panels, and heel counter in a continuous, unified black; the black leather has a subtle natural sheen that reads as premium without being patent or glossy; Sand Strata leather 3-Stripes — the iconic adidas heritage stripe in a warm, natural sand tone — a soft, earthy linen-adjacent colour that sits precisely between cream and tan; rendered in smooth leather against the black suede-adjacent main upper, the Sand Strata stripe creates a warm, low-contrast accent that rewards close attention rather than demanding it from across the room; black round laces — tonal black laces that complete the all-black upper and allow the Sand Strata 3-Stripes to register as the sole accent element with clean, undistracted clarity
• Signature Details: Sand Strata leather heel tab — the rear heel counter panel in the same warm sand leather as the 3-Stripes, housing the black adidas Trefoil logo in a tone-on-tone dark execution; from behind, the shoe presents as all-black with the sand heel tab as the single warm accent — a restrained and sophisticated rear profile; black shell toe — the Superstar’s most iconic structural element, rendered in black rubber to match the all-black construction; the shell toe’s serrated edge and ribbed surface provide the familiar Superstar texture in a dark, unified finish
• Branding: Black adidas Trefoil on the Sand Strata heel tab; adidas Originals tongue label; adidas Originals branding on the insole; Sand Strata 3-Stripes throughout; adidas wordmark on the outsole
• Midsole: Black cupsole midsole — the classic Superstar cupsole in black, maintaining the all-dark lower profile of the shoe and completing the tonal black construction from upper to sole; the black midsole ensures that the Sand Strata 3-Stripes are framed entirely by black above, below, and on either side
• Outsole: Black rubber outsole — a clean black rubber outsole that completes the all-black construction and provides the grip and durability appropriate for both court-heritage performance use and everyday lifestyle wear; the adidas wordmark is present on the outsole unit

Available in a full range of US and EU sizes. A core black leather Superstar with Sand Strata leather 3-Stripes and heel tab, black shell toe, black round laces and black rubber outsole — the most refined and minimal Superstar colorway for fans of all-black tonal construction, warm sand accent colour, the iconic shell toe silhouette in its darkest and most considered form, and the understated elegance of a shoe that lets its architecture do all the talking.