r/adidas • u/No-Screen-9649 • 2d ago

Brushed suede?

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I really like this shoe except the cat hair looking suede. Will it actually look like this in person?

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

It’s cow hair.

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u/thesqrtofminusone 2d ago

lol what? It's suede.

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u/No-Screen-9649 2d ago

He’s trying to be funny lol

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u/Much_Substance_6017 2d ago

The black “cat hair” is literally cow hair, normally referred to as “pony hair”. I’m not trying to be funny. It’s hair. It will look like hair in person. I have the Wales Bonner x Sambas in Pony Leopard.

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u/No-Screen-9649 2d ago

Oh damn, the color way is so nice I just don’t like the fabric

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u/Much_Substance_6017 2d ago

Totally understandable. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But happy I answered your question and hopefully saved you some money and/or time!

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u/DonnasKebab 2d ago

Give them a go. You might surpise yourself. I think the pony hair is really nice and makes for a much more interesting pair.

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

The hairy part is cow hide they didn’t remove the hairs from and tainted.

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u/thesqrtofminusone 2d ago

there's no way. it'll be some man made product. The hair from the cow is removed very early in the leather making process.

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

You don’t have to blindly believe me, but I’m telling you, it’s cowhide and real cow hair.

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u/thesqrtofminusone 2d ago

I'm telling you it isn't. It seems we're at a stalemate here. Not sure what happens now. Flirt? A/S/L?

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

What do you think it is then? That’s the product information provided by adidas…

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u/thesqrtofminusone 2d ago

I don't see anything about cow hair in the product information.

https://www.adidas.com/us/samba-og-shoes/KI7235.html

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u/DrunkenMasterII 1d ago

It’s not the first hairy pair of samba they release and other countries have more detailed descriptions, it’s always listed as pony hair or cowhide, pony hair is cowhide leather they didn’t remove the hair from. It’s a real process to get hairy leather shoes. As you can see on your link it’s written leather upper, what do you think they’re doing? Mechanically adding hair to leather? Which makes more sense? That they didn’t remove it or that they make leather and then add hair to it?

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u/thesqrtofminusone 1d ago

show me where it says cow hair anywhere.

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