Closer look At The adidas x Prada Football Boot Collection

No one really saw this one coming, but this week adidas and Prada unveiled a collaborative football boot collection – a first in the world of football. It offered up versions of the X Crazyfast (first look at this next-gen boot), Predator Accuracy, and COPA Pure, reimagined with luxury materials, meticulous craftsmanship and design details synonymous with Prada’s Linea Rossa. But initial views of the boots were limited – until now.

Thanks to the CONFIRMED app – the first place that the boots are available to purchase, ahead of a release in Prada stores on 25 May – we get a closer look at each boot in all their glorious detail. That comes along with confirmation that we will get to see Paulo Dybala in COPA Pure, Rafael Leão in X Crazyfast and Pedri in Predator Accuracy, presumably in the players’ last games of the season.

So what do we get? Aesthetically speaking, the all-new X Crazyfast arrives in a "Silver Metallic / Clear Grey / Red" colourway, with that red Prada Linea Rossa flashing down the tongue and heel.

Tech-wise, it sees the original (and as-yet unseen) silhouette reinvented with a premium leather, whilst staying true to the lightweight structure and translucent visual that the X franchise is renowned for.

With this, leather – interspersed with adidas’ Fusion Skin – prominently flows throughout the design, including the heel lining for an elevated material finish without compromising the core visual values of the X.

The structure of X’s semi-transparent mono-mesh material on the mid-foot cage has been adapted from the original grids to showcase the triangles of Prada’s brand identity. 

Created at the intersection of style and performance, the boot remains first and foremost made for sport at the highest level. The tooling features adidas’s innovative SPEEDFRAME technology, incorporated with a lightweight sole plate designed for responsive acceleration.

The Predator Accuracy arrives in "Black/Solar Red", and it sees the black base joined by the trademark rubber spikes in the forefoot taking on the red and recreated as triangles in a nod to Prada's signature triangle logo, while the Linea Rossa runs down the tongue and heel.

For its construction, the Predator Accuracy is reimagined with a nubuck finish for the first time, which is wrapped in Fusion Skin for a lighter, performance-first end-product. The boot is finished in a bold classic black, interrupted only by the Prada Linea Rossa stripe of the tongue and heel – which becomes translucent as it hits the tooling on the sole, and application of performance rubber on the upper.

The spikes feature on the medial and lateral sides of the boot – extending coverage on the surface, to optimise ball control and shooting accuracy.

Meanwhile the outsole’s FACETFRAME delivers stability, highly efficient transition, and dynamic traction for powerful movement on the pitch. The stud configuration has been optimised for use on firm ground.

Finally, taking on a "Silver Metallic/Clear Grey/Red" colourway, the Copa Pure is a nod to the design codes of both brands’ vast archives. The shimmering silver leather upper, synonymous with Prada, is finished with a leather lace cover – paying homage to shoes of adidas’ past, and Prada’s iconic application of the finest materials. The aesthetics are again signed off by the Prada Linea Rossa red logo, positioned again on the heel.  

This full-leather shoe is completed with the integration of Fusion Skin, which offers the player delicate control on the ball, and soft cushioning on the forefoot via a traditional quilted effect for that trademark Copa touch.

The adidas Football for Prada collection is available now via CONFIRMED, and will be available from 25 May at prada.com and select Prada stores.