Adidas Superstar

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A pair of Adidas Superstar II with a black color and white stripes.

Superstar is a basketball shoe manufactured by athletic goods company Adidas since 1969.^{[citation needed]} When the shoe was introduced, it was the first low-top basketball shoe to feature an all-leather upper and the now famous rubber shell toe. Three quarters of all NBA players were wearing the shell toe shoes by the mid 70's and the Adidas Superstar continues to be popular with them.^{[citation needed]}

No longer a performance basketball shoe, the Superstar has become part of popular fashion culture and have become popular as casual footwear due to its all leather upper and wide variety of styles and colors.^{[citation needed]}

Rap group RUN-DMC were the most famous advocates of the Superstars, wearing them in their trademark style of removing the laces and pushing the shoe tongue out. They even wrote a song called "My Adidas" which further popularized the brand. The Superstars, like the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars, easily made the transition from the basketball court to street as it was sported by both hip-hop aficionados and rockers.

The Superstars are now being sold in Adidas stores, with brand new colorways and designs that are tailored to the different NBA teams.

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Underworld artist Karl Hyde always wears Adidas Superstars on stage.
Casey Affleck's character wears a pair of Superstars in the film Gone Baby Gone
There is a special 35th anniversary pair of the Superstar the NR 19, named Tomato/Underworld, it has a special 3M skin that reflects light.

Adidas Superstar 1 Underworld / Tomato - part of the 2005 35th Anniversary collection.

Underworld (of 'Born Slippy' fame) have been involved in the music industry since the early 80s, and alongside their design collective, Tomato, have achieved iconic status amongst dance music culture.

They are a cream/vanilla colour under normal light but, being made from reflective 3m material, glow brilliant white when hit by direct light. They are decorated with lyrics from Underworld tracks subtly appearing across the upper, insole and outsole.

Moby's video for Body Rock featured a dancer in Adidas Superstars.
In the film High Fidelity, John Cusack is seen sporting a pair of black and white Adidas Superstars.
Drummer Joey Jordison from nu-metal band Slipknot wears black Adidas Superstars during live performances, as well as photo sessions with the band. He can be seen wearing them in their Grammy Award winning video "Before I Forget" as well as their video for "The Nameless" from "9.0 Live".
In Good Charlotte's video for "Girls and Boys" Joel is dancing in white Adidas track suit and a pair of Adidas Superstars.
Lady Sovereign wears Superstars in her "Love Me or Hate Me" video.
In the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy Vercetti is wearing a pair of white Adidas Superstars.
In the Tata Young's Music Video Come Rain Come Shine ( Her 3rd Single from her second album "Temperature Rising" ) She's wears Superstar with Flip-Flap Diamonds on her shoes.
In the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Victor Vance is wearing a pair of white Adidas Superstars after being kicked out of the military.
In the Shawty Get Loose Music Video, Chris Brown is wearing white Adidas Superstars.
In Missy Elliott's 2005 music video Lose Control, hip hop dancers perform wearing white Adidas Superstars on both their Feet and Hands.
In Sum 41's video for Motivation, Deryck Whibley is wearing white Adidas Superstars
Members of nu-metal band Korn wear Adidas Superstars on stage and in music videos such as Shoots and Ladders, Clown, A.D.I.D.A.S., Somebody Someone and Y'all Want a Single.
Rock bands wearing Adidas Superstars in past or recent years include Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Deftones, Papa Roach, Staind, Incubus, Puddle Of Mudd, Sum 41 and many more.