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Sneaker Politics Turns the Spotlight on Buddy Guy With a Polka-Dot Adidas Team-Up

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Sneaker Politics has put its own spin on the Adidas Handball Spezial, dressing the low-top in a patchwork of polka dots. The multicolor treatment draws its cue from blues musician Buddy Guy, translating his signature into a shoe rather than a stage. The result reads more collage than sneaker, dots layered over dots in a mix of colors rather than a single print. It is the kind of collaboration that treats a musician's identity as source material, not just a name on a box.

With reporting from Footwear News.

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