{"id":57894,"date":"2026-07-20T14:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/57894\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:50:17","slug":"timothee-chalamet-pulled-out-a-fresh-new-adidas-samba-at-the-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/57894\/","title":{"rendered":"Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Pulled Out a Fresh New Adidas Samba at the World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before Sunday\u2019s World Cup<\/a> final between Spain and Argentina kicked off, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet was handed one of football\u2019s biggest jobs. With his mini mullet<\/a> flowing in the New Jersey wind, the actor carried the official Adidas Trionda Final match ball onto the pitch before La Roja went on to beat Argentina 1\u20130 in extra time. And, naturally, he did it in a pair of Adidas Sambas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not the regular ones, though. Chalamet wore the Clot x Adidas Samba Espadrille, a very summer-y remix cooked up by Edison Chen\u2019s Hong Kong streetwear label. A sequel to last year\u2019s Stan Smith Espadrille<\/a>, the collab takes the upper from the Samba Millennium, adds a suede toebox, swaps the usual gum sole for woven raffia, and stamps Clot\u2019s logo across the heel in shiny gold foil. And the timing couldn\u2019t have been any better, really.<\/p>\n

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Maja Hitij – FIFA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cast your mind back three years. It\u2019s 2023 and the Samba is one of the most popular sneakers in the universe. Whether you were Ronnie Fieg<\/a> or Grace Wales Bonner<\/a>, every designer out there had a collab pair on shelves. For a while, it felt like the only shoe that anyone wanted. Then came the inevitable backlash\u2014people got bored, trends moved on. Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak<\/a> pulled up in a pair, and TikTok more or less decided the Samba\u2019s time was up.<\/p>\n

But it appears taht Chalamet is on a mission to bring it back, and he isn\u2019t the only famous lad wearing \u2019em. Finn Wolfhard<\/a> wore the classic white colorway in NYC back in January, while Harry Styles<\/a> stepped out in a pair during an SNL monologue in March. Slowly but surely, the Three Stripes icon has been creeping back into rotation.<\/p>\n

And if there was ever a place for the comeback to be cemented, it was the World Cup. While the Samba is now known more as a lifestyle trainer, it actually began life as a football boot. Originally released in 1949 to help players train on frozen pitches, the version we know today arrived in 1972 with a redesigned outsole built for grip and quick changes of direction.<\/p>\n

So, is the so-called \u201cSamba anxiety<\/a>\u201d era finally over? Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet carried the ball, Spain lifted the trophy, and Adidas\u2019s OG soccer shoe suddenly looks fresh again. Not a bad result all round.<\/p>\n

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