or as I think you would say in America, sneakers?
for myself no more than say £20 or at the most £30, why? I hear you ask, well in England at least, go into any of the most basic spit, dirt and sawdust pubs and you will thrown out on your ear, no matter how much they cost, in most if not all pubs in England, trainers are banned with a capitol NO! so why pay more to be excluded from a good old pub? it seems that this fact has fallen on deaf ears, German
footwear brand Adidas teamed up with high-end porcelain manufacturer Meissen to
create a unique pair of trainers,
as
part of its A-ZX program, Adidas Originals plans to team up with selected
partners around the world in order to create unique trainers that qualify more
as works of art than footwear meant to be worn, this month, Adidas unveiled a
very colourful pair of trainers that it has been working on with German
porcelain brand Meissen for more than a year, based
on the iconic Adidas ZX8000 trainer, this one-of-a-kind pair features dozens of
Meissens’ hand-painted colorful designs, as well as various porcelain elements,
the one-of-one pair of trainers took over six months to assemble, moving
between the two companies’ headquarters in moving between Herzogenaurach and
Meissen throughout this process,
of course I have to admit that the
premium leather was hand-painted by four individual painters across three
separate Meissen departments, with 15 out of the 130 colourful patterns that the
company adorns its products, with elements like the
Torsion clip in the midsole, the ZX heel cup, the lace lock, tongue tag, the
Three Stripes, and the ZX-specific eye stay component were replaced with custom
porcelain pieces painstakingly integrated into the trainer, looking at photos
of this unique pair of ZX8000s, I think it’s fair to say it qualifies more as
an artwork than footwear meant to be worn, “The manufacturing process to create
the ‘first porcelain sneaker ever’ has been very complex, and took us more than
a year to finish the product,” Adidas’ Till Jagla said. “The team has been
obsessed with creating the perfect piece of art. When I think about this project,
what I liked most is the love, the passion and the dedication, which have led
to an overwhelming result, of course it was a remarkable honour for our painters
to work on such a unique project that will stay one of a kind in the history of
Meissen,”
Dr.
Tillmann Blaschke, CEO of Meissen, added. “Therefore especially experienced and
trained painters, who are familiar with leather decoration techniques, painted
the décors on the ZX8000 Porcelain trainers, this was especially challenging as
no mistakes are allowed due to the fact that the colours immediately are soaked
up by the leather so no corrections are possible.” the unique
pair the ZX8000 Porcelain will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s, this week, so how much would you pay to be banned from your local spit and sawdust pub?
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experts expect the trainers to fetch over $1 million! I would prefer to wear a pair of socks, at least I would get a pint at my local!
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