This old school football silhouette was originally designed by adidas founder Adi Dassler in 1950 to provide traction on icy surfaces, but later this exact year people of the world would be tuning in to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and what better place to make this innovation famous - regardless of the climate.

Hence the name “Samba”, rooted in the Brazilian dance and music genre. And famous it became. More popular than most of the successors, adidas Samba is over seven decades later an actual icon, making waves with its plush leather features, suede detailing, characteristic gold lettering and jagged 3-stripes.