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As tourists go through border security at Heathrow, they should be given two things: a passport stamp and a pair of Adidas Sambas. It’s become a truth universally acknowledged that these trainers are a staple in every fashion-follower’s wardrobe, with UK searches for ‘adidas Samba’ doubling in the past two years. Everyone – and we mean everyone – has been wearing them, from Rihanna and Hailey Bieber , to Jennifer Lawrence and Harry Styles .
But of course, the tide began to turn on the cult shoe back in April when none other than then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deigned to wear them in an Instagram interview. Fashion critics called it a ‘death knell’ for the sneaker, and the stylish set began to look for an alternative. And now, the new ‘It’ trainer has been declared by Vogue: the Adidas SL 72 OG, which the fashion Bible say are ‘soon to be everywhere’ .
Seen on the likes of Em Rata and Suki Waterhouse, these retro trainers are reminiscent of the beloved Sambas: they’re both sporty, ‘low’ and light-weight (the SL stands for ‘super light’). The SL 72s were actually first launched way back in 1972 as a running shoe to mark the Olympic Games in Munich. At the time, they were revolutionary due to being s.
