Adidas Originals and Rick Owens will release a three-piece Springblade footwear collection on November 17, 2026. The lineup includes two low-top runners and a tall black boot, all built on the exposed blade sole that adidas introduced for running in 2013. Owens first used that sole in his Spring Summer 2015 collection. More than a decade later, it’s the part of the shoe that ties the new collection to the first collaboration.
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The Springblade Runner keeps the upper close to the foot, with leather and textile panels and broad Three Stripes across the sides. On the Core Black pair, the pale stripes stand out against the dark upper. The Light Brown version keeps the upper and stripes closer in tone, so the gaps between the blades stand out more clearly in profile. The sole is thickest at the heel, where there’s enough space to see the individual blades curve forward.
The Springblade Boot changes the proportions above that same sole. Black fabric gathers around the lower leg and falls in folds over the top of the foot, giving the shaft the look of a gaiter. Owens took that volume from his own Taco footwear, which folds material over the foot to create a loose, collapsed shape. From the side, the fabric hangs close to the sole, leaving the row of blades exposed underneath.
The original Springblade took six years to develop. adidas built it with 16 separate polymer blades, each angled forward and designed to flex under load and spring back as the runner moved through a stride. Owens was already working with adidas when the technology debuted. His first Runner appeared in the Spring Summer 2014 collection with a split sole and a tall tongue. The following spring, his Faun collection put Springblade under both a low shoe and a high boot, establishing the two shapes he revisits here.
The new footwear first appeared in June at the Rick Owens Spring 2027 menswear show at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The runway also marked the designer’s first clothing collaboration with adidas, with tracksuit trousers, hooded capes and jackets that used internal fans to create volume. The November release focuses on the three footwear styles.
The adidas x Rick Owens Springblade collection releases globally on November 17, 2026, through adidas CONFIRMED, adidas.com, rickowens.eu and select retailers. Both runners retail for $590 in the U.S., with the Light Brown pair under style code KJ3110 and the Core Black pair under KJ5663. The boot retails for $850 under style code KJ3122.
