adidas' Simone Rocha Sneaker Is Gorp Meets Girly
adidas is keeping its cool with a little help from the good folks at Simone Rocha. And yes, the results are about as girl-core as you'd imagine.
The Simone Rocha Cimacool marries two concepts that exist on opposite sides of the aesthetic spectrum: Ballet and Gorpcore.
If you were looking for proof that opposites attract, well, there you have it.
This dainty yet rugged shoe marries Simone Rocha's inherent whimsy with the weather-focused chutzpah of adidas' Climacool offerings. As the well-initiated can attest, Simone Rocha's style ethos keeps a certain level of edge beneath all the girly-pop goodness.
Still, this collab with adidas brings in more gorp-adjacent sturdiness through its lugged rubber tread, which can handle some gnarly terrain, you know, after tearing up a dance class or two.
Exposed bridge construction and a split-sole design add an element of architectural intrigue to the shoe, while lace paneling and satin bow detailing take things back to dance class. At the rear, adidas swaps its traditional Trefoil for a diamanté iteration that reminds you this debonair shoe is still a dainty dancer.
Want to take your pirouettes to the top of the mountain? Simone Rocha's Cimacool is willing and able.
Whether you're adventure-prone or just a devout believer in everything that falls under Simone Rocha's umbrella of subversive femininity, great things happen when gorp goes girly.
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