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Photos: Dirk Schönberger: Kick Starter

The creative director of Adidas reimagines a classic pair of kicks.

by Alex Hawgood
Dirk Schönberger

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Dirk Schönberger. Photograph by Markus Jans.

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Pharrell Williams’s Stan Smiths with Swarovski crystals, customized by Gasoline Glamour.

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Stan Smith at Wimbledon, 1972. Courtesy of Getty Images.

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Raf Simons’s new Stan Smiths design. Courtesy of Adidas.

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Céline’s Phoebe Philo in the iconic sneakers. Courtesy of Rineke Dijkstra.

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Williams’s “I Dunno” kicks. Courtesy of Getty Images.