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Stan Smith Throwbacks Get Modern Makeover with Brain Dead Brand
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Stan Smith Throwbacks Get Modern Makeover with Brain Dead Brand

Adidas and Brain Dead collab to give old school sneakers a fresh take.

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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
Sep 16, 2024
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Adidas and Brain Dead Stan Smith sneakers | Photo: Adidas

Stan Smith won the U.S. Open in 1971 and Wimbledon in 1972. Yet he’s best known for the sneakers named after him. Stan Smiths are to tennis what Chuck Taylors are to basketball — an iconic athletic shoe with a style that outlived the sneaker’s utility.

You wouldn’t play today’s game of tennis in S…

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