The adidas Taekwondo Mei Elite Is Ready For Its Mainline Debut

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It feels a bit inauthentic to claim that adidas has penned plenty of silhouettes and offshoots in the past years to meet the soccer moment. In many ways, the Three Stripes is the cause of said wave, so perhaps the better framing is the brand’s efforts to support the titans of that aesthetic.

The dominance of the Samba can be understood as forking out into two divergent directions, informing the “slim sole” fashion-forward movement and also earnest on-pitch style, something represented by kicks like the Predator Sala. With the help of Miaou, the German giant introduced a new face that credibly speaks to both. Introducing the Taekwondo Mei Elite, an offshoot of the “balletcore” Taekwondo Mei that you may recognize from Song For The Mute, Brain Dead, or Caroline Hu collaborations.

What helps this “Elite” build stand apart from that more delicate counterpart is the heavy leather applications, delivering quilted on-pitch style while allowing the baggy suede composition of the upper to peek through on the sidewalls. In all, it genuinely is a pretty unorthodox design, and this debut inline colorway of “Metallic Gold” only adds to that can’t-miss air.

Expect the adidas Taekwondo Mei Elite to hit adidas.com sometime in the coming weeks. Retail pricing is currently unconfirmed at the time of this writing.