When Phil Knight started Nike, he was hoping to find a mark as recognizable as the Adidas stripes, which also provided reinforcement to the shoe.

Adidas started producing shoes in 1920.

Starter Clothing Line manufactured the most sought for Snapbacks in the 90's, and made its return in the Coming of Age as the hype for Snapbacks grew, many of the well-known hat companies started to sell snapbacks, such as New Era, Mitchell & Ness, Reebok, Adidas, and many more companies followed suit.

Horst Dassler started Adidas France in Landersheim, France, competing against his father's Adidas Germany and his uncle's Puma.

Adolf started his own sportswear company using a name he formed using his nickname — Adi — and the first three letters of his last name — Das — to establish Adidas.

Hugo Boss, which was founded in Metzingen and still has its headquarters there, started first with its factory outlet and was soon followed by other companies ( e. g. Burberry, Reebok, JOOP !, Strenesse, Escada, Bally, Puma, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.

In doing so they have designed and produced, logos and illustrations, shoes, and fashion for the likes of Nike, Adidas, Lamborghini, Coca Cola, Stussy, Sony, Nasdaq and more.

discarded the more glam aspects of early hip hop's look ( which ironically, was later readopted in 1990 by more " pop " rappers MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice ) and incorporated a more ' street ' sense of style such as fedoras, leather jackets, and unlaced Adidas shoes.

Football-style athletic shoes, by brands such as Adidas or Gola, have become popular with many skinheads.

A display of Adidas shoes.

He was also one of the first track stars to be affected by the rivalry between Adidas and Puma ; each of the two then-fledgling companies wanted the " world's fastest man " to wear its shoes.

" The Ford Motor Company donated a camper van, while Imperial Oil contributed fuel, and Adidas his running shoes.

Common sneakers include classic Adidas Originals, Puma, Pony, Nike, Converse high-tops, and Vans shoes.

Examples are: leather handbags from the 50s, " bell-bottom jeans ", big sunglasses, fedoras, funky jackets ( commonly Adidas Classics ) and shoes, small neckties, chiffon scarves, sport equipment, skinny jeans etc.

Presently, numerous rappers sign million dollar deals with major brands such as Nike, Adidas or Puma to promote their shoes.

During the 1980s, hip-hop icons wore clothing items such as brightly colored name-brand tracksuits, sheepskin and leather bomber jackets, Clarks shoes, Britishers a. k. a. British Walkers and sneakers ( usually Pro-Keds, Puma, Converse's Chuck Taylor All-stars, and Adidas Superstars often with " phat " or oversized shoelaces ).

Adidas, the shoe sponsor at the 1960 Summer Olympics, had few shoes left when Bikila went to try out shoes and he ended up with a pair that didn ’ t fit comfortably, so he couldn't use them.

To non-tennis players, Stan Smith is probably most well known for his line of Adidas tennis shoes.

Although the Adidas Stan Smith shoe is not recommended for modern tennis players, the shoes continue to be an iconic and stylish brand for retro tennis shoe fans.

When handymen were called to Rudolf's home, they would deliberately wear Adidas shoes.

In the warehouse scene, Billy Lo wears a pair of yellow Adidas shoes with black stripes and white shelltoes.

Arenas has had his own shoe, the Adidas Gil Zero, as well as his own line of Adidas TS Lightswitch shoes.

Kevin Garnett also paid a tribute to him, having written " 2MALIK " in the inside of the tongue on the Adidas Garnett 3 shoes.

The mall hosts major anchor stores such as Westside ( spread across 20, 000 sq ft ) and Landmark ( 40, 000 sq ft ), and several local and international brands such as Nike, Adidas, Bata, Regal, Health & Glow, Vummidiars, Van Heusen, Proline, Allen Solly, Florshaim shoes, Louis Philippe, Titan, Levi ’ s, Casio, V. I. P.

's song, " My Adidas " and The Pack's song, " Vans ", which are all about shoes.

Since then, Nike then Adidas have had more overt branding on the shirts, with sponsors Scottish Provident ( 1997 ), NTL ( 2001 ), Zurich ( 2005 ) and HSBC ( 2009 ).

The report goes on to assert that the Youngor Group and Well Dyeing Factory Ltd .-the two companies behind the facilities-have commercial relationships with a range of major clothing brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, Bauer Hockey, Calvin Klein, Converse ( shoe company ), Cortefiel, H & M, Lacoste, Li Ning ( company ), Metersbonwe Group, Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen and Puma AG.

The single " My Adidas " led to the group signing a $ 1. 6 million endorsement deal with athletic apparel brand Adidas.

Adidas formed a long-term relationship with Run – D. M. C.

Adidas sneakers with the Run – D. M. C.

This is an outlet mall with many name-brand clothing companies represented, including Adidas, Nike, Gap, and Banana Republic.

Converse lost much of its apparent near-monopoly from the 1970s onward, with the surge of new competitors, including Puma and Adidas, then Nike, Inc. Nike, then a decade later Reebok, who introduced radical new designs to the market.

Under former athletic director Lew Perkins, the department's budget increased from $ 27. 2 million in 2003 ( 10th in the conference ) to currently over $ 50 million thanks in large part to money raised from a new priority seating policy at Allen Fieldhouse, a new $ 26. 67 million eight-year contract with Adidas replacing an existing contract with Nike, and a new $ 40. 2 million seven-year contract with ESPN Regional Television.

The Adidas commercial is a popular hit on YouTube and features a house party with famous celebrities such as David Beckham, Russel Simmons, Kevin Garnett, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry, and Mark Gonzales.

Toward the end of his days on the ATP tour Lendl ended his long term clothing, shoe and racket deal with Adidas.

He signed with Mizuno, and finally began to play with a mid-sized racket very similar to the Adidas racket he had used throughout most of his career, itself based on the Kneissl White Star model.

Crédit Lyonnais had allegedly defrauded Tapie in 1993 and 1994 when it sold Adidas on his behalf to Robert Louis-Dreyfus, apparently by arranging a larger sale with Dreyfus without Tapie's knowledge.

An Adidas billboard is displayed in the foreground of the 1994 video game FIFA International Soccer ( also, the electronic board that appears with every goal scored sometimes reads " Panasonic ").

Since 1986, Marseille have played with white shirts, white shorts and white socks, and the blue color became lighter due to Adidas marketing but in 2012-2013, the club returned to his original kit, wearing blue socks.

Skater Fashion has been used on Hip-Hop scene this 2010-2011 including Knit Caps, Bonnets, Fitted Pants or Shorts, Vans, Nike SB ( Skateboarding ), Shirts with sleeves, Printed Tees ( brands like OBEY, Stussy, Adidas, Supra, Circa, DC, RDS, Emericas ).

This term was popularized by t-shirts sold at the local college hype screen printing shop where a Rat wearing Adidas shell toes and a Boston Red Sox hat was emblazoned on the shirt with the words DOT on top and RAT on the bottom.

England drew the first game 1 – 1 with the United States due to an error by goalkeeper Robert Green, after which Capello declared the tournament Adidas Jabulani ball was " impossible to control ".