adidas x Willy Chavarria Jabbar Low

The Jabbar is one of the deeper cuts in adidas' archive — a low-profile basketball shoe named for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and a model that stayed largely dormant while the Samba and Gazelle took over. That makes it a sensible base for a collaboration: recognisable as adidas, but without the baggage of a silhouette that's already everywhere.

Willy Chavarria's work sits at the intersection of tailoring and Chicano visual culture, and the leopard treatment here follows that logic rather than the trend cycle. Print-heavy uppers work best on flat, uncomplicated shapes, which is exactly what the Jabbar Low is.

Limited production. Popular sizes tend to go first.

Now available. While stock lasts.

• adidas x Willy Chavarria collaboration
• Leopard print upper
• Low-profile Jabbar silhouette
• Limited release