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Red Cotton Adidas Track Jacket with White Stripes
2010s · 1970s · German
Designer
Adidas
Production
mass-produced
Material
cotton jersey
Culture
German
Movement
Athleisure
Influences
1970s athletic wear standardization · German sportswear design
A red cotton jersey track jacket featuring the iconic Adidas three-stripe design in white along the sleeves and side seams. The garment displays the classic Adidas trefoil logo embroidered in white on the left chest. The jacket has a full-length front zipper, ribbed collar, cuffs, and hem typical of 1970s athletic wear construction. The silhouette is relaxed and boxy, characteristic of early sportswear design before the fitted athletic wear revolution. The cotton jersey fabric appears substantial yet flexible, designed for movement and casual wear. This represents the emergence of sportswear as everyday fashion during the 1970s, when athletic brands began crossing over from purely functional sports equipment to lifestyle apparel.
jacketregular fithigh neckhip length
Connected To
67%
Designer·AdidasFunction·leisure-resort
SHARED30 years · cross-culture
These two Adidas track jackets trace the brand's evolution from pure athletic function to cultural signifier across three decades. The red jacket with its crisp white three-stripe detailing represents Adidas at its most archetypal—the Germanic precision of sportswear as uniform—while the black jacket underneath that graphic tee suggests how the same silhouette migrated into streetwear's more subversive territory.
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