Adidas Turned SpongeBob’s Shoes Into a Real-Life Sneaker

Because this collab imagines SpongeBob’s actual shoes (black leather lace-ups) if they were dropped into the real world. Finished in glossy ‘Core Black’ leather and contrasted with clean white laces, the Freizeit is a nod to the O.G. “Your Shoe’s Untied” episode from 2001.

There’s a small portrait of SpongeBob himself stamped on the tongue, and Adidas has swapped the silhouette’s usual flat midsole for a Freizeit unit—a design from the ’70s originally built for more lifestyle-y…