Lamine Yamal fronts adidas x SP5DER's football-inspired F50 Formotion sneaker drop

Lamine Yamal fronted adidas Originals and SP5DER’s F50 Formotion launch, a $190 football-running hybrid that pre-launched June 26 on KINGSP5DER.com before a July 1 global release through adidas CONFIRMED, adidas.com, select retailers and select adidas stores. adidas framed the project as its first head-to-toe football-inspired collection with SP5DER, and it arrived with the kind of crossover logic built for both jersey loyalists and drop chasers.

The F50 Formotion is a new silhouette for adidas Originals, and its pitch is clear: take the energy of the pitch and sharpen it for the street. The shoe pairs adidas Formotion tooling, a system originally tied to running, with an upper inspired by the adidas Adizero F50 III football boot. That mix gives the sneaker a sleeker, lower-profile shape than a heavy retro trainer, while still carrying enough football language to make the lineage obvious at a glance.

adidas also pushed the collaboration beyond footwear, which is where the project starts to feel less like a single product and more like a world. The collection included apparel and accessories, among them a cap finished with rhinestone Three Stripes and SP5DER-branded goalkeeper gloves, details that tilt the drop into statement territory without losing its sport basis. The campaign imagery put Yamal at the center, using his profile to bridge FC Barcelona-era polish, Spain National Team relevance and the kind of youth magnetism that streetwear brands chase hard.

The timing matters as much as the product. adidas has been positioning the release inside its broader summer of football push, and the SP5DER project follows the Supermodified Superstar capsule the two brands released earlier in 2026. That makes the F50 Formotion feel like the next step in a wider partnership, not a one-off stunt. Some of the design language also nods to the 2012-era Adizero F50 aesthetic, which gives the sneaker a familiar speed-bred shape while SP5DER’s visual cues push it into a more fashion-forward lane.