Willy Chavarria, Adidas Jabbar Sneakers Drops This Month, Release Date

Willy Chavarria’s collaboration with Adidas finally has a release date.

First teased in September during Chavarria’s spring 2025 show during New York Fashion Week, the designer’s debut Adidas collaboration will be released in two product drops on May 8 and July 10, featuring a full range of ready-to-wear and footwear for men and women.

Footwear within the collection sees Chavarria’s take on the archival Adidas Jabbar sneaker, created for basketball icon Kareem Abdul Jabbar, one of the most celebrated players of all time. In 1978, Jabbar received the first-ever Adidas shoe named for a basketball athlete.

Now consumers will be able to grab the shoes in two styles: the Chavarria Jabbar Low and Chavarria Jabbar Dress. The sneaker silhouettes get a high-fashion update with a pointed toe and monochromatic color scheme.

As for the apparel, standouts include the Chicano sweatshirt, Chavarria football jersey, polo, track jacket, wide-leg track pant, gym short, signature T-shirt and heavyweight hoodie. The second drop in July will introduce new items including the poplin track pant and top, basketball jersey and gym short.

Launching alongside the product release is the spring 2025 Adidas x Willy Chavarria campaign. Shot by Carlos Jaramillo, a Los Angeles-based photographer of Mexican heritage, Adidas noted that the campaign honors the rich tapestry of Chicano culture and celebrates how these traditions and passions have been passed down through generations. Featured in the campaign are Adidas athletes and basketball players Candace Parker and Skyy Clark alongside Mexican actor Alejandro Speitzer.

“Adidas’ place in Chicano culture is a bit of an untold story,” Chavarria said in a statement. “I love sharing this iconic brand in a way that reflects how I wore it growing up and how we wear it now. Working with my close friends and extended family on this project in L.A. was a powerful and personal experience. It allowed me to capture the beauty of our Brown brothers and sisters against the backdrop that is home to so many of us.”

The Adidas Originals and Willy Chavarria spring 2025 will be available in select Adidas stores, the Adidas Confirmed app, on willychavarria.com, adidas.com/willy_chavarria and in select retailers.

The release comes a few months after consumers got a taste of the collaboration with a special drop during Paris Men’s Fashion Week in January. During the week, Adidas and Chavarria hosted an event that centered around a vintage Chevy Impala, which cruised the streets of the City of Light, stopping at secret locations to distribute the Paris-exclusive Adidas Originals x Willy Chavarria merchandise in the lead-up to the designer’s runway show.

At the designer’s Paris show, Chavarria gave a preview of his fall 2025 collaboration with the Three Stripes, which centers around the Adidas Forum sneaker, his personal favorite. “The Forum is the sexiest of Adidas shoes, in my opinion,” the designer told WWD’s sister publication FN at the time. “It’s so hard and rugged. And our latest Adidas collection, is very, very aggressive and hard and tough.”