A beachy colorway of the Adidas Jellyfish debuted by Pharrell Williams last year at the FN Achievement Awards is finally gearing up for release before the summer ends. The Pharrell x Adidas Jellyfish Tan features a mix of shades of its namesake color along with light blue that invokes the sand and water. Almost the entirety of the sneaker is rendered in a tonal mix of tans and creams, from the mesh base to the TPU overlays and midsole. Black provides stark contrast through the Three Stripes motif and outsole, while baby blue is used even more sparingly for the midsole’s torsion bar and the tongue branding. Williams and Adidas first trotted out the Jellyfish almost exactly a year ago, and just last month an all-white colorway brought the widest availability to date for Footwear News’ 2025 Sneaker of the Year. Based on the Adistar Cushion 3 running shoe from 2005, the Jellyfish blows up the proportions with a massive sole unit and protruding TPU overlays, some of which glow in the dark, informed by the sweeping movements of a jellyfish. “‘Go bigger’ was a mindset,” Williams told FN last year. “If we’re going to do it, let’s really do it. So we
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