BAPE and adidas bring split-color Adizero EVO SL to streetwear

BAPE and adidas have taken one of streetwear’s most familiar alliances and given it a sharper, more performance-minded silhouette. The new Adizero EVO SL arrives in two colorways, Blue/Green and White/Gold, and the pair’s most striking move is the split treatment: one shoe reads one way, the other answers back in a different register, turning a running model into a deliberate visual argument.

The Blue/Green version leans into asymmetry with a deep royal blue right shoe and a dark green left shoe, while the White/Gold pair starts from a white engineered mesh base and layers on contrasting split accents in hot pink and sky blue. Branding is split as well, with adidas Three Stripes on one shoe and BAPE STA branding on the other. That kind of dual identity is what keeps this partnership from feeling purely archival. It is not just a logo swap; it is a studied collision of two recognizable codes.

The timing matters. The collaboration is slated for June 27, 2026, with a retail price of $200 USD and SKU codes KJ5749 and KJ5751. At that price, the shoe sits squarely in the premium end of mainstream adidas performance releases, which makes the design work do more than decorate. adidas positions the Adizero EVO SL inside its speed-first Adizero running family, inspired specifically by the Adios Pro Evo 1 and built with LIGHTSTRIKE PRO cushioning. It is a shoe meant for both running and everyday wear, and that hybrid brief gives BAPE room to dress up performance without making the silhouette feel costume-like.

This is also the latest chapter in a relationship that started in 2003 with the Super Ape Star. adidas has called the alliance a “trailblazing partnership” that has helped shape streetwear culture, and BAPE says it has kept a continuous partnership with adidas from 2003 to the present. The two brands marked 20 years together in 2023 with a year-long celebration and five product drops, then followed in 2025 with a Superstar pack that extended the conversation into adult, children’s, and infant sizing. Seen against that backdrop, the Adizero EVO SL feels less like a nostalgia exercise than a litmus test: can BAPE still make a shoe look fresh when the market is full of collaborations chasing the same quick hit? Here, the answer is yes, because the color blocking is doing real design work, and the running chassis gives the partnership a cleaner, more current edge than another retro court shoe ever could.