adidas Grün: So Fresh, So Green
Feb 28
Developed at the adidas global headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Grün Collection is debuting in June of 2008. Grün translates as green in German, and that means-you guessed it-eco geeks get to shop for cool commercial sneaks again! Amen and hallelujah! The King of Cool, Adi Dassler is finally getting down with environmentally-aware manufacturing. Let’s encourage him to keep going in the eco direction by making sure to pick up a pair (or 2 or 3 if you’re me.) Most of the info on the Grün Collection is still under wraps from adidas, but I was lucky enough to get the inside scoop from one of their reps in LA on the textiles they’ll be incorporating…
The organic cotton SuperSkate Street Grün has an outsole made of gum rubber and rice husks, the Superstars will be made of worn denim with chromium-free stripes, and the Hoop Mid Grün is completely biodegradable. The Nizza Hi will get hemp fabric with recycled rubber outsoles and the classic ZX 500′s will have recycled PET (plastic soda bottle) uppers with recycled EVA (ethyl vinyl acetate) insoles. Yo, now this little eco fashionista can get back to humming that famous Run DMC tune from 1986…My Adidas. On the really-real son, these kicks are FRESH!
For more Grün pics, check out SneakerFreaker.com.
Those are awesome. I’ll definitely get a pair, and hopefully I’ll start a trend.
Do they sell them in Canada?
where can u buy them at i need to know asap
its great to see some one going green