adidas Give The Barreda Decode Lux Trainer An OG Country Makeover

The adidas Berreda Decode Lux trainer is an archive inspired silhouette from the golden era of gum soled silhouettes that now arrives in an OG Country inspired colourway.

We could probably talk about the classic terrace trainers from adidas all day, and believe us that would be cutting it short. It's the classic gum soled T-toe styles that really captured the hearts of the early Casuals, the original Hypebeasts, that sourced rare 3 stripes from across the Continent in a world where phone calls were still made on landlines & Elon Musk learned to programme on his first Commodore computer. Archival 3 stripes from the 1970s & 1980s are still some of the greatest “casual” trainers of all time. From the original City Series to the speedy Handball courts of West Germany, the 1970s & 1980s saw "die marke mit den 3 streifen" go all out with gum soled suede silhouettes that have become some of the most sought after styles of the last 50 years. Introduced back in 2024, the adidas Barreda Decode Lux trainer is an archive inspired silhouette that now arrives in an OG Country inspired colourway to add some further retro kerb appeal. Above: The adidas Barreda Decode Lux trainer in off white/green/gum now available from 80s Casual Classics. It was iconic 3 stripes silhouettes like the Forest Hills, the Munchen, the Handball Spezial, the Hamburg & the Tobacco Gruen that captured a generation of Casual dressers of the late 1970s & early 1980s. Long before the days of social media, raffles & resale sites it was strictly about sourcing the sought after stuff direct from Germany. Sportswear pioneers like Wade Smith in Liverpool would travel to Europe in Transit vans to source rare adidas trainers from the continent. For Casuals it was all about rarity and bagging an adidas trainer that no-one was selling, or wearing, was what the early Casual scene was really all about. Above: The adidas Barreda Decode Lux trainer in off white/green/gum now available from 80s Casual Classics. Giving a nod to the original colourway of the Country trainer from the 1970s, the adidas Barreda Decode puts an "old meets new" spin on archival adidas. Featuring the signature green/white hues & suede overlays of the legendary cross-country trainer which famously featured on Axle Foley in Beverly Hills Cop from 1984, the Barreda Decode Lux trainer is all about "casual" comfort. Featuring leather uppers with suede overlays for an OG inspired upper alongside a classic T-toe design to the front that takes us straight back to the trefoil’s glory days. Other highlights include green 3 stripes to the sidewalls, adidas branding to the tongue & a translucent gum sole for that all important classic adidas aesthetic. Shop the adidas Barreda Decode Lux trainer now at 80s Casual Classics via the links.