Adidas’s Best Performance Shoe Ever Is Also Maxed Out on Style Points

When Adidas first released the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 in 2023, the brand limited the shoe to just 500 pairs. It also cost $500 — a fact that only fueled its reputation as a bona fide status symbol.

Then, as if that wasn’t enough, Louis Vuitton creative director and longtime Adidas collaborator Pharrell Williams gave the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 a personal, highly exclusive makeover.

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The designer debuted his one-off colorway, called “Earth,” at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games — where the shoe won gold in the men’s marathon — thus setting the stage for a long-awaited release last November.

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Going fast

Limited to less than 100 pairs (and selling out in literal seconds), Pharrell’s green, blue and brown rendition did little to introduce more runners to Adidas’s best tech: the featherweight racer clocks in at less than five ounces and features cutting-edge foam and an aggressive rocker geometry designed for PRs, world records and Olympic medals.

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However, with a simple stroke of color, the designer did imbue the shoe with fashion cred worth of its performance chops — as evidenced by its luxury price tag on the secondary market.

At the time of writing, the last sale of the shoe on StockX went north of $1,800.

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A second run

Now, the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 is preparing to run it back with a second drop ahead of the London Marathon, sold exclusively at End. via the retailer’s flagship store at 59 Broadwick Street.

That said, the release on April 26 will be limited to just 85 pairs, meaning participants in the London Marathon hoping to make a fashion statement will want to be — if nothing else — exceptionally quick.

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Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 Earth

• $500 at End.

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