The newly released adidas Gloro is an absolute testament to the heritage boot. While it has some modern leanings, the boot has the appearance and build of everything we love about the classics.
The world continues to have a huge hole in their heart for classically styled boots. The speed boot race has raged on for nearly a full decade of sub-6 ounce mania, but the adidas 11pro, Nike Tiempo, and Puma King have never looked close to being taken off the shelves. Despite most people not being able to tell you whether all types of kangaroo leather are the same or what the difference between calf leather and goat leather might be, the hunt for a great leather boot has never (and will never) stop.
The newly released adidas Gloro is an absolute testament to heritage design. While it has some modern leanings, the boot has the appearance and build of everything we love about the classics; adidas even decided to bring back the fold down tongue with the elastic strap. Despite nearly every major new silo from all the major brands tailoring to the newest fad or the biggest perceived tech advance, the adidas Gloro seems to be a massive move to blend everything that gets praised from the past and some of the most dependable pieces from adidas and their current line-up.
This move, coupled with the amount of action that we saw with the Nike Premier and the adidas Copa Mundial’s constant changing of colors over the past year, continues to show that quality heritage products will always have a home in the boot world. There are very few styles of boots that can enter the market with such a massive fan-base already prepared to accept the boot, yet no other style of boot is more intensely critiqued and debated on.
If the adidas Gloro hopes to give adidas a modern foothold in the heritage battle beside the Copa Mundial and 11pro, the first few opinions will be absolutely pivotal for the Gloro. It seems like a relatively safe release from adidas to put k-leather on the key zones of a boot and stick it on the dependability of the comfort frame (not to mention the relatively safe colorways that will appeal to most everyone), but time will certainly tell how the boot is received.
There are some saying that the Copa Mundial is a dying boot, there are those that say these boots are too heavy and that they have no place in the modern game, and there may even be those that have made these assumptions without giving the boots a chance. However, this style of boot will always be a part of the game and a part of the world marketplace. There may never be a boot that remains as unchanged as the Copa, but the template for what people want in a heritage boot will be embraced as stubbornly as a Jose Mourinho press conference.
The adidas Gloro Collection is available at selected adidas stockists including Pro-Direct Soccer. Let us know what you think by dropping us a line below.
