Wales Bonner and adidas Take 1980s London Into FW26

adidas Originals by Wales Bonner launches its Fall/Winter 2026 collection on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 10AM CET, built on the attitude of 1980s London. The season brings a first Wales Bonner version of the BW Army sneaker, a leather blouson in the designer's bark shade and pinstripe track sets, and it lands six months and twelve days after the spring footwear capsule of April 17.

10AM CET, Four Places to Buy

The collection goes on sale at 10AM CET on Thursday, October 29 on walesbonner.com, in the CONFIRMED app, on adidas.com/wales_bonner and in select stores. adidas Originals introduces the season as "A moment of convergence," describing "a new fashion stance emerging from shifting ideas and youthful expression" drawn from 1980s London.

Culted reports that Harley Weir photographed the campaign, which carries that 1980s London theme through the whole line. Pricing differs by region. US coverage lists the Gazelle at $220 and the BW Army and Adizero Adios pairs at $200, while preview listings on walesbonner.com show pounds, so the regional listing on launch morning is the one to trust.

Retail follows the pattern of the last drop. The spring collection reached UNDEFEATED Chapter Stores and Undefeated.com on April 17, one of the primary US partners, and the October 29 release runs through the CONFIRMED app and select retailers.

Pony Hair, Croc and a First BW Army

Sneakerjagers counted five sneakers across four models when the footwear surfaced on October 14, and the materials do the talking. The BW Army arrives in two pony hair versions, Black Pony (KK2813) and Khaki Pony (KK2809), the khaki pair lined in burgundy, and Highsnobiety calls it the BW Army's Wales Bonner debut.

The Karintha Croc in Dark Brown (KK0733) pairs glossy croc effect leather with black stripes and gold tone eyelets. The Gazelle Suede Croc in Green Night (KK0735) is a dark green croc textured upper with white Three Stripes on a gum sole. The Adizero Adios Suede in Wonder White (KK0774) takes a running shoe and gives it off white suede with hand finished stripes.

Pony hair is not new to this partnership. The spring collection put pony hair and rattlesnake embossed leather on the Gazelle Indoor, and handcrafted Karintha Basketry pairs made in Brazil. The BW Army carries that texture onto a military trainer.

Bark Leather, Crochet Stripes and Stirrup Pants

The apparel is led by a leather blouson in Wales Bonner's bark shade, with crochet detailing along the sides and subtle embossed branding, according to coverage of the line. Culted also lists a double knit tracksuit, a pinstripe track top with matching shorts, and stirrup track pants, which loop under the foot, as the season's interpretation of traditional athletic clothing.

The 1980s reference links this drop to adidas Originals' other October release. adiSignature, released October 23, reworks the 1980s Firebird and SST tracksuits into roomy sweats with Willy Chavarria as creative adviser, so adidas has now put the decade on two lines in one week with two different designers.

1980s London, Revisited Since SS21

Wales Bonner has returned to this decade before. The SS21 collection explored the intersection of Britain and the Caribbean in the 1980s, following an AW20 season that reflected the British Jamaican community in 1970s London, according to coverage from that period. This season goes back to the same city and era with a fresh set of materials.

The cadence is steady. The Fall/Winter 2025 collection launched on October 31, 2025 and brought the Karintha Lo back for a third iteration in satin, with a nylon satin upper and open weave crochet Three Stripes. The spring 2026 collection followed on April 17, and this one arrives two days earlier in the calendar than its fall predecessor. That fall line also carried a red leopard intarsia vest and a gray wool blouson with matching track pants, so the move to a bark leather blouson this year keeps outerwear at the front of the apparel.

The brand's reach also runs past sportswear. During Frieze week, Wales Bonner gave Dozie Kanu's Shack a first floor room at Dover Street Market London.

The rollout ran in stages. The footwear first surfaced on October 14, Sneaker News ran the full lineup on October 26, and adidas Originals confirmed the October 29 date and the four sales channels on October 27, two days before sales open.

Five sneakers across four models, two BW Army pairs in pony hair and a Harley Weir campaign set in 1980s London arrive together at 10AM CET on October 29.