You heard it right. Those guys did it again. They played to my husband’s addiction and nostalgia in one sweeping motion. Like I have mentioned in a previous post, sneakers to my husband is either a Samba, an Onitsuka Tiger or an NBA-Player-themed-limited-edition-to-die-for Nikes.
He already has a few pairs of Sambas in his shoe closet that he relies on for laidback weekends when we go out for lunch or a trip to the mall with the little one. But then, one Saturday, I let him out of my sight at the mall while I played with my daughter at a local Gymboree. You guessed it. He came back with a hyperventilating excited look, no different from a little boy on his first bike ride without training wheels. The man went shopping.
He was toting an Adidas paperbag. Then he pulled it out…lo and behold! Adidas produced a pair of shoes that will make manboys stuck in the 80s stop the world and melt like ice cream on a hot summer day. He just bought a pair of Samba inspired by Darth Vader. You read it right…Darth Vader…of Star Wars. The only movie men his age would openly admit to obsess about. No 30 something year old man could ever resist a Samba…much less a Star Wars themed Samba with the iconic badass Darth Vader as a logo. My husband probably thought, if Darth Vader played soccer, he’d be wearing this..officially. Yup, I am sure he would.
He’s been wearing it on casual Fridays because it’s black and more so, as he puts it, “They’re cool.” My husband is a nerd and I love it. And just between you and me, I think these kicks totally rock. As for you Adidas…I’m on to you. If you ever come up with a Voltes V collection, I will put my husband on a leash. A very short leash that he’d choke if he dared tie his Samba shoelaces.