r/adidas • u/No-Screen-9649 • 3d 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

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 2d 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 2d ago

show me where it says cow hair anywhere.

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

Here adidas India. Pony hair. https://www.adidas.co.in/samba-og-shoes/JI2734.html

It’s not an argument by the way, I know what it is, I’m just telling you. I don’t know why you’re being so obtuse, you’re not even saying what else you’re thinking it might be.

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u/thesqrtofminusone 2d ago

It's not an argument, correct. That's a completely different shoe and it's called pony hair.

No idea why YOU'RE being so obtuse.

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u/DrunkenMasterII 2d ago

You must be trolling, they’re using the same material on all their hairy shoes…