Adidas Samba OG Samba 49

Part of adidas's Samba line. This release has a leather upper in Off White/Halo Silver/Gold Metallic. Samba 49 is a number with a specific meaning attached to it. Adolf Dassler registered adidas AG on 18 August 1949, two years after the split with his brother Rudolf broke the family firm in Herzogenaurach and sent Rudolf across the river to found Puma, a separate company and a competitor rather than any kind of offshoot. A Samba OG carrying that year is the brand marking its own founding on the silhouette that currently carries it hardest. The OG designation matters too: this is the original proportion, low and long with a slim waist, rather than one of the lightened or platformed reworkings the family has produced. Style code JP9222 identifies this build.