What were Adidas thinking making sneakers with slave like shackles?

Adidas has been desperately trying to catch up with Nike since quick strike SBs started. These are the crescendo of that.
 
Well jesus guys..they had to do something to disguise the fact that the shoe is basically an updated rip of this with a velcro strap across the top....





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No ideas original/there's nothing new under the sun....





For real tho...very poor taste and I have to imagine someone brought the slave angle up in a meeting and was ignored.
 
No love for the erotic potential of these things?





Not that you'd want to blap anyone wearing them, but still...
 
skel said:No love for the erotic potential of these things?





Not that you'd want to blap anyone wearing them, but still...