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The Superstar is a basketball low-top shoe/sneaker manufactured by athletic goods company Adidas since 1969. The Superstar shoe was originally released as a low-top version of the Pro Model volleyball shoe. Nicknamed the "clamtoe", "shelltoe", "shell shoes", and "shell tops" "sea shells" (along with Adicolours) their iconic design is known as one of the major influences in the sneaker culture.
When the shoe was introduced, it was the first low-top basketball shoe to feature an all-leather upper and the now famous rubber shelltoe. With its rubber toe protection and non-marking sole, the shoe caught the attention of some of the best players from the NCAA and NBA, most notably Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Within the first few years of its introduction, the Superstar was being worn by over 75% of all NBA players; proof of its revolutionary technology which remains today. Over the course of the next few years, it would advance from the court to the sidewalk and, consequently, further into the public's consciousness.
The Superstar shoe has become part of popular youth fashion culture and are now worn regularly as casual footwear, rather than for sports. The Superstars, like the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars, easily made the transition from the basketball court to street as it was sported by hip-hop aficionados. In the early 1980s, 'b-boys' wore the shoes with extra thick laces called "fat laces", usually matching the color of the laces with the color of the three stripes on their shoe.In 1983, from Hollis, Queens, came Run-D.M.C., a rap group that refused to conform to pop standards by deciding that they would dress on stage the way they dressed on the streets. The trio was most notable for wearing the Superstars without any laces and pushing the tongue of the shoe out. "Adidas itself only found out about this love story when the band held up the 3-Stripes shoes during a concert in front of 40.000 fans
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