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Adidas’s Up-and-Coming Daily Sneaker Continues to Reach New Heights

Fancy leather, waxed laces and input from a notable fashion designer transform this everyday shoe into an upscaled stunner.

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By Jack Seemer

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Samba. Superstar. Stan Smith. Jabbar?

Plenty of sneakers deserve to join the first three on Adidas’s Mount Rushmore of old-school classics. The NBA’s first signature shoe, first worn in 1970 by the “The Tower from Power,” may be the one to beat them out.

Left dormant for a decade, the Jabbar resurfaced in 2024 with an inline reissue that rises the ranks with every new rendition, including those by way of the Three Stripes’s collaboration with fashion designer Willy Chavarria.

Adidas Chavarria Jabbar sneaker
The Chavarria Jabbar Dress is the latest installment of Adidas’s ongoing collaboration with the former Calvin Klein designer.
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The limited-edition Chavarria Jabbar Dress reimagines the evergreen sneaker as an upscaled dress shoe, complete with enhanced leather, waxed laces and a sculpted toe box that’s more pointed than the original.

Adidas Chavarria Jabbar sneaker
The pointed toe blurs the lines between casual sneaker and dress shoe.
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Adidas Chavarria Jabbar sneaker
The Chavarria Jabbar Dress features premium materials, including upscaled leather and waxed laces.
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This variant also diverges from the classic Jabbar with a wordmark on the lateral side of each shoe. Interestingly, one reads “Kareem” while the others reads “Willy.”

Adidas Chavarria Jabbar sneaker
Unlike most Adidas shoes, the left and right shoes feature different wordmarks on the side.
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Adidas Chavarria Jabbar sneaker
The old-school Trefoil logo stays true to Adidas’s heritage.
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Availability and pricing

Though this take on the burgeoning classic doesn’t slot into Adidas’s premier “Made in Germany” collection, it certainly costs the part.

The Chavarria Jabbar Dress costs $250 and comes in two low-top colorways, white and blue and white and black — the latter distinguishing itself with a fold-over tongue.

About the Author:

Jack Seemer is the executive editor at Gear Patrol, with over a decade of experience in product journalism. He currently reports on a wide range of topics, including footwear, watches, EDC, cookware and more.

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