Intervju med Stan Smith på sneaker freaker
GRAND SLAMMIN' WITH STAN SMITH!
Stanley Roger Smith is tennis royalty. He won 39 singles titles over his whole career, including both the US Open and Wimbledon. He’s righteously old now, but in his day he was fierce! Sneaker afficionados will immediately associate Stan’s alliterative name with one of the earliest ‘signature’ player models. The ‘Stan’ as it became known, was as simple as simple can be and was distinctive for what it didn’t have – the traditional adidas three stripes. Rather, the shoe was embellished with linear perforations that were perfectly understated and complemented the low profile, slimline tennis silhouette. Since its debut in 1971, over 30 million pairs have been sold! We managed to lob Stan a few when he came to our part of the world...
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