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Farewell, Adidas Sambas – what is next in footwear?

At least for now, many people will want to give their footwear a cabinet reshuffle. So what other shoes can fill the void?

While observers pointed out the moral backwardness of cancelling a shoe based on an outing on a politician’s feet rather than longstanding evidence of workers in the sportswear giant’s supply chain being mistreated, the internet is suddenly full of people searching for their next step. It seems to be working – Drew Haines, the director of merchandising at StockX, has already seen a lot of interest and Katie Abel, the executive editor of Footwear News, says: “It has all the right ingredients to be one of the biggest shoes of the year. Of-the-moment menswear designer Emily Adams Bode Aujla is putting a fresh point of view on the 1970s cleat model – which has never been re-released – at a time when the Swoosh needs to recapture the spotlight.

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