Kith and adidas revive BW Army, add Collegiate Green Samba and Japan

Ronnie Fieg and Kith have turned to adidas archive footwear again, and the BW Army is the pair that makes the point plainest. For Spring 2026, Kith delivered its first-ever take on the silhouette, a 1970s army training shoe, in four tonal colorways, then wrapped the lineup with Collegiate Green versions of the Samba and Japan. Drawings opened on April 17 through the Kith App in all regions, and the collection released on April 20 at 11 a.m. EST, with select quantities also set for Kith’s Monday Program across New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. It is the kind of drop that shows why archival adidas models remain one of streetwear’s safest commercial bets, especially when Kith packages them as a coherent, collectible uniform.

The BW Army is the anchor. Kith built it with leather, nubuck, and suede, then kept the surface clean with tonal overlays, white laces, extra lace options, and a premium leather footbed. The brand also stripped away the familiar adidas Tri-Stripes, which gives the shoe a quieter, more disciplined look than most logo-heavy collaborations. The four colorways, Raw Desert & Cardboard, Tent Green & Aero Green, Wonder Orchid & Magic Mauve, and Aurora Coffee & Shadow Brown, lean into earth tones and muted contrast rather than flash. That restraint is part of the appeal: the shoe reads like something meant to be worn hard, not just photographed once.

Kith’s Samba and Japan return in Evergreen styling, with Collegiate Green, White, and Black blocking that feels right for spring but still sharp enough for a rotation built around denim, cargo pants, and straight-cut tailoring. The Samba keeps things classic with a leather upper, suede T-toe overlays, a perforated toebox, Kith branding on the footbed and lateral side, adidas branding on the tongue, and alternate debossing on each heel. The Japan goes more minimal and tactile, all nubuck with a perforated toecap, mirrored co-branded elements, and round laces that make it the only silhouette in the set to break from the flat-lace formula.

The history gives the drop more weight. adidas traces the Samba to the 1950s, when it debuted as an indoor soccer shoe, while the Japan dates to a 1964 reissue tied to the year Japan hosted the Tokyo Olympics-era global sporting event. Kith has also been here before, most recently with the 8th St BW Army made with Clarks Originals in September 2024, a collaboration that blended the adidas upper with Clarks’ crepe outsole. Taken together, the Spring 2026 release reads like a polished continuation of Ronnie Fieg’s archive playbook, proof that the cleanest streetwear move in 2026 may still be a well-tuned piece of adidas history.