adidas Originals and CLOT just teamed up with designer Caroline Hú for a drop that’s pure poetry in motion. The new CLOT TAEKWONDO BY CAROLINE HÚ takes adidas’ archival Taekwondo silhouette and filters it through Hú’s signature lens of fragility and femininity. Imagine martial arts precision meeting ballet fluidity — a balance of control and surrender that looks as powerful as it feels.
East Meets West, Soft Meets Sharp
Built on the OG Taekwondo low-profile sole, the design keeps things minimal yet impossibly refined. Satin-smooth uppers, delicate cross-foot straps, and embossed three-stripe details whisper heritage instead of shouting it. Hú’s influence turns what could’ve been a sneaker into a soft weapon of grace. As Edison Chen, founder and creative director of CLOT, puts it, the collection “embodies East meets West in the most beautiful way.”
The Beauty of Imperfection
The campaign visualizes Hú’s signature paradox — strength inside softness, movement within stillness. Each pair feels like an emotional exercise in balance: part armor, part art. It’s about imperfection as truth, not flaw — the idea that beauty isn’t about being unbroken, but about how you move through what breaks you.
Drop Details
Dropped in three colorways — triple black, soft pink, and off white — the sneakers retail for $150 USD. If balletcore had a black belt, this would be it.
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