Adidas Originals x Brain Dead Revive 2000s Style With New Retro Capsule

Adidas Originals and Brain Dead are back this month with a nostalgia-fueled capsule that fuses 2000s sportswear, video game culture, and retro-futuristic design into a full head-to-toe collection. The new drop continues the brand’s ongoing partnership, which has already explored Tennis aesthetics, Japanese Wrestling references, and iconic adidas silhouettes.

2000s Nostalgia Meets Video Game Energy

The latest adidas Originals x Brain Dead collection taps into bold 2000s sporting and gaming visuals, bringing together reflective finishes, angular paneling, and archival details from the adidas design vault. Apparel pieces come with reflective silver elements and shaped panels that nod to classic performance gear while still feeling distinctly street-ready.

The lineup delivers a true head-to-toe wardrobe, from statement outerwear to collectible accessories. Every piece is finished with Brain Dead graphics and custom crests, reinforcing the creative studio’s offbeat, subcultural design language.

Key Apparel Pieces

Hero items in the apparel range include a Japanese Noragi-inspired Climacool track top and matching track pants, blending traditional silhouettes with tech-driven sportswear. A metallic football-style jersey with matching shorts channels early-2000s pitch style, alongside an all-over print goalkeeper jersey built for fans of maximalist graphics.

The collection also features a classic track top, track pants, and a T-shirt, all designed as versatile layering pieces that still carry the capsule’s nostalgic, video game-inspired attitude. Accessories round out the look with a sling bag and beanie, tying the story together from head to toe.

Retro-futuristic footwear

On footwear, the collaboration spotlights two silhouettes pulled from the adidas archive: the Climacool 2 and the Taekwondo Mei. First released in 2003, the Climacool 2 built on the original Climacool franchise with a futuristic vent system, which returns here with metallic vents, reflective green mesh, and bold yellow accents reimagined through Brain Dead’s lens.

The Taekwondo Mei Brain Dead pairs a sleek black upper with white Three Stripes and an off-white outsole, delivering a minimalist yet graphic option for fans of low-profile silhouettes. Together, the two models balance performance heritage with experimental design.

Limited-edition collectibles and release details

Beyond apparel and footwear, Brain Dead and adidas Originals have created two collectible figures inspired by classic video game culture, blending early-2000s nostalgia with the studio’s surreal visual language. These limited-edition pieces will be raffled exclusively through CONFIRMED for the duration of the collection’s availability, and cannot be purchased outright.

The capsule itself will arrive in limited quantities on December 18 via CONFIRMED, select adidas stores, select retailers, and wearebraindead.com. Fans of both brands can expect a tightly curated drop that feels equal parts archival, experimental, and collectible.

About Brain Dead and adidas Originals

Brain Dead is a global creative studio and collective of artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, and other creatives, operating at the intersection of culture, entertainment, and product. Founded in 2015, the brand, led by CEO and Creative Director Kyle Ng, was built to put culture first and product second, drawing from subcultures spanning art, music, literature, sport, and cinema.n

adidas Originals, founded in 2001, is the lifestyle label rooted in adidas’ rich sporting heritage and powered by its archive of footwear and apparel icons. Marked by the Trefoil logo first introduced in 1972, adidas Originals continues to reinterpret performance legacy for contemporary youth culture and the street.