Adidas : Billie Jean King Your Shoes (Teaser)

Activation from TBWA/Chiat/Day N.Y. will transform any kicks into tennis icon's signature blue three-striped sneaker

Published On
Aug 27, 2018

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Billie Jean King has already made her mark on history--but now, she's making her mark on your shoes.

The 39 Grand Slam-winning tennis icon is at the center of adidas' unusual U.S. Open campaign in which the athletic giant will transform any kicks--whether they're adidas, Nike, Reebok, Puma or Louis Vuitton--into King's blue three-striped trainers--an homage to the shoes she wore during her historic "Battle of the Sexes" against Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome 45 years ago.

The activation created out of TBWA/Chiat/Day New York is part of adidas' broader "Here to Create Change" platform and is taking place today at the Flushing Meadows adidas store. There, consumers can walk in and get their shoes a BJK makeover for free at the hands of artists using stencils and spray paint. There will also be already BJK-revamped Stan Smiths, Barricades and NMDs available for purchase, at $100, $120 and $140 respectively. If you want to pay for the "real" thing, adidas has also released a limited-edition Billie Jean King Speedfactory suede sneaker, the AM4BJK, for $200 a pair-- a more accurate clone of the pair she wore at the Astrodome decades ago.

Billie Jean King herself stars in a teaser being shared on social media to promote the event. In it, she wears a badass bright green adidas tracksuit as she spraypaints a pile of sneakers with a cosmic blue color. She'll also be making her way to the adidas store at Flushing Meadows at 3:30 PM EST to sign the made-over shoes.

Credits

Date
Aug 27, 2018
Client :
Adidas
Agency :
TBWA/Chiat/Day-New York
Chief Creative Officer :
Chris Beresford-Hill
Executive Creative Director :
Julia Neumann
Executive Creative Director :
Amy Ferguson
Executive Creative Director :
Al Merry
Associate Creative Director :
Ricardo Franco
Associate Creative Director :
Angelo Maia
Associate Copywriter :
Hana Ovcina
Associate Art Director :
Lukas Bruhn
Senior Designer :
Eric Kopicki
Designer :
Bonnie Wang
Account Manager :
Emily Zale
Assistant Account Manager :
Isabella Dahlke
Senior Project Manager :
Lauren Smiley
Chief Strategy Officer :
Aki Spicer
Planner :
Michael Obermeyer
Community Manager :
Bodi Karsono
Head of Production :
John Doris
Executive Film Producer :
Zamile Vilakazi
Senior Integrated Producer :
Jessica Fiore
Senior Integrated Producer :
Alex Campbell
Associate Producer :
Sean Riojas
Senior Cinematographer/Editor :
John Lynn
Editor :
Ling Chua
Edit Company :
Exile Editorial

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