A pioneer of modern street skating, Daewon Song is a true living legend of skateboarding. Continuing his long-standing partnership with the Three Stripes, the Korean-American icon puts his personal stamp on an unlikely silhouette with the adidas Originals x Daewon Glenburn.

This release brings Daewon’s creativity to a silhouette rooted in british terrace culture that’s gaining more traction as a skate shoe recently. 

Re-engineered specifically to handle board feel and technical tricks, the shoe offers a kind of hybrid energy that we’d like to see more of. No, we’re not talking about balletcore, we’re talking about genuine style crossover and how to recontextualize a silhouette.

At the core of this shoe’s success is a clean, versatile colorway that lets the premium construction do the talking. Outside of the neutral palette, subtle, personalized Daewon lettering gives the shoe a classic signature feel.

Reinforced suede wraps the upper in an earthy brown hue which only ever adds to the texture of suede. Custom Daewon branding accents the tongue and insoles, while a padded collar shields ankles. A gum rubber cupsole provides exceptional board feel, flexibility, and sticky traction, anchored by impact-absorbing sockliners to cushion high-impact landings.

It’s the perfect time for this Daewon signature to drop. As the adidas Glenburn starts to gain some serious traction in the market thanks to its understated and wildly versatile silhouette, this well-curated color palette emphasizes the power of this shoe. Descended from terrace culture and reworked for a new market, it’s a triumph in archival digging.

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