adidas Originals is bringing animal print to three of its most storied silhouettes with the Cow Print Pack, a women’s release set for August 2026. The pack covers the Superstar, Japan, and Taekwondo, each dressed in a black-and-white pony-hair-style upper that carries a bold cow print across the entire shoe. This is one cohesive collection built around a single material treatment, and it works across three very different heritage shapes.
adidas traces its roots to Herzogenaurach, Germany, where the brand was founded in the mid-twentieth century. Since then it has grown into one of the most recognized names in footwear, with a catalog that spans performance sport and everyday streetwear. adidas Originals functions as the lifestyle branch of that catalog, regularly revisiting the brand’s archival silhouettes with new materials, colorways, and collaborators. The three models in this pack each represent a different corner of that archive.
The Superstar is the anchor of the group. It launched in 1969 as a basketball shoe, built with a low-cut leather upper and the now-iconic rubber shell toe that protected players’ toes on the court. The model eventually moved off the hardwood and into street culture, where it has remained a fixture for decades. Its clean construction and recognizable toe make it one of adidas Originals’ most reproduced silhouettes, and that familiarity is exactly what makes the cow print treatment land differently here. The Japan model comes from the brand’s running lineage, a slimmer and sleeker profile that has built a following among collectors who gravitate toward adidas’s track and field heritage. The Taekwondo, true to its name, reflects adidas’s long connection to combat sports and martial arts, giving the pack its most unexpected silhouette of the three.
The pony-hair-style construction is what separates this pack from a standard printed release. Rather than a flat graphic applied to leather, the material carries texture, giving the cow print a three-dimensional quality that reads differently as light hits the upper. That added depth makes the pattern feel more considered across all three shoes, and the consistency of the treatment across such distinct silhouettes is what gives the pack its identity as a set.
The adidas Originals Cow Print Pack is a women’s release targeting August 2026. Pricing, an exact release date, and retailer details have not been confirmed at this time. Check back for updates as the drop approaches, and in the meantime explore more from adidas Originals or take a closer look at the Superstar in other recent colorways.
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