The collection puts the fun and imagination back into performance kit. It includes a space-age silver down jacket with an asymmetrical zipper for mountain trekking; layered shorts; sports T shirts in club hues of port, navy, billiard-table green with flashes of silver and nifty zipper tops with colour inserts at the neck and arms. There will also be two new shoes available that utilise the Climaheat, Climachill, and Boost technologies from Adidas. Super-lightweight sneakers feature flashes of lime green or tangerine orange and trainers for mountain running have built-in ankle supports and crisscross lacings. Abe visited the Adidas archive in Nuremberg, Germany that houses a complete history of the brand and where rare exhibits have to be handled wearing white gloves. He also went deep into fabric research at the company’s HQ.