adidas Italia 60s "Dark Brown": A Truffle-Finish Leather Retro Sneaker for €120

adidas has added a dark-brown colorway to its Italia 60s, one of the retro silhouettes the brand is pushing at the moment. The upper is brown leather with what Highsnobiety describes as a truffle-like finish, and the outlet's headline says the shoe looks good enough to eat. Luxe Digital reads it as a chocolate-toned take on an Italian dessert, rendered in footwear.

The pair is listed on adidas Germany's website at €120, which works out to roughly $134 at current exchange rates. Luxe Digital places that at the affordable end of the brand's retro lineup, well below the collaborative and designer-level pairs adidas has released, such as the Wales Bonner and Song for the Mute projects.

The Italia is often treated as the quieter sibling of the Samba and Gazelle reissues. Both publications note the model's range: it has appeared in vintage-style colorways, denim looks and even houndstooth outfits. Its slim, somewhat dressier profile is part of why it takes to both tailored and casual styling, according to Luxe Digital.

Food-inspired colors are not new for the shoe. Earlier this year adidas released a light-pink Italia that Highsnobiety compared to a strawberry acai refresher. The dark-brown pair continues that theme, although Luxe Digital argues the truffle texture keeps it from feeling gimmicky, since the appeal rests on the material rather than a collaborator's name.

Luxe Digital also suggests the brown works as an alternative to white sneakers when white looks too stark next to earth-toned tailoring, and says the darker color avoids the upkeep worries of a lighter suede.

For Japanese readers, the practical point is the retailer: the pair is currently listed on the German adidas site, priced in euros. It reads as a regular general-release colorway rather than a limited drop, an addition to the brand's ongoing archive work.

(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by Highsnobiety, Luxe Digital.)