{"id":43188,"date":"2026-06-25T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/43188\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:23:33","slug":"after-10-long-years-the-rick-owens-x-adidas-collab-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/43188\/","title":{"rendered":"After 10 long years, the Rick Owens x Adidas collab is back"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Rick Owens announced that he was ending his partnership with Adidas<\/a> back in 2017, it felt like the end of an era. The collab<\/a> had begun four years earlier and it quickly became one of the most influential designer-sportswear link-ups out there.<\/p>\n

Long before luxury brands were queueing up to team up with sportswear giants, Owens had shown what was possible when a designer was given the freedom to build something entirely new. Instead of just repainting old classics, he created his own silhouettes from the ground up, from the beefy Mastodon to the sci-fi-coded Tech Runner.<\/p>\n

So when those unmistakable Three Stripes appeared on the runway at Rick Owens’ spring\/summer 2027 show in Paris<\/a> yesterday, the reaction was instant. As the first look emerged from the sweltering Palais de Tokyo, there was an audible gasp from the audience. Nobody had expected it. But after a whole decade, Rick Owens and Adidas were really back\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and in typical Rick fashion, the reunion was anything but quiet.<\/p>\n

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The first looks featured inflated track jackets<\/a> and matching shorts that were filled with air. Created using Adidas’ Climacool tech, each piece housed built-in fans that inflated the pieces while cooling the wearer. Together with an ice vest (originally developed to help footballers cope with the soaring temps of the 2026 World Cup<\/a>), Owens described the system as a \u201cpersonal air conditioning system.\u201d Considering the French capital was pushing 40 degrees, the models were probably the comfiest people at fashion week.<\/p>\n

The collection also nodded towards Japan’s fan jackets, which have become a common sight among construction workers<\/a> during the country’s mega humid summers. \u201cFan jackets have battery powered aircon systems for workers to keep cool in summer,\u201d Ashley Ogawa Clarke<\/a>, Vogue Runway correspondent, tells GQ. \u201cIt’s less about toughness or protection and more about agility and adaptation.\u201d Whether Owens intentionally referenced them or not, the parallels were hard to ignore.<\/p>\n

And yes, the sneakers looked just as mad. While Adidas hasn’t confirmed whether archive Rick Owens models will return, the runway made one thing very clear: there’ll be no shortage of crazy designs here. An Adizero Adios Pro Evo<\/a> appeared with a Lightstrike Pro midsole that was almost double (or triple) the usual size, while another model fused the brand’s Springblade cushioning system with a waterproof gaiter that stretched almost to the calf. OG fans will remember Owens experimenting with the Springblade back in the early days. And because this is the work of fashion’s Prince of Darkness, everything arrived in a palette of black and white.<\/p>\n

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