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SAINT’s Jonny Brown in the new Wales Bonner x adidas Originals SL72 sneaker which honours Jamaican culture with the knitted upper in green, brown and orange sweater sweatpants set.
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SAINT’s Jonny Brown in the new Wales Bonner x adidas Originals SL72 sneaker which honours Jamaican culture with the knitted upper in green, brown and orange sweater sweatpants set.
SAINT International star Selah McHail (foreground) rocks the much-coveted Wales Bonner x adidas Originals Samba sneaker, teamed with branded crocheted socks and shorts.
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SAINT International star Selah McHail (foreground) rocks the much-coveted Wales Bonner x adidas Originals Samba sneaker, teamed with branded crocheted socks and shorts.
Critically acclaimed British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner called on SAINT models Selah McHail and Jonny Brown and footballers Streme Cha and Itongo K’nife for her latest collaborative collection with billion dollar athletic footwear and apparel c
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Critically acclaimed British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner called on SAINT models Selah McHail and Jonny Brown and footballers Streme Cha and Itongo K’nife for her latest collaborative collection with billion dollar athletic footwear and apparel company, adidas.
Wearing Harrington jackets with knit vests underneath paired with flared trousers, SAINT International models Jonny Brown (right) and Selah McHail (second right) are joined by youth footballers Streme Cha (left) and Itongo K’nife as stars of the new ‘L
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Wearing Harrington jackets with knit vests underneath paired with flared trousers, SAINT International models Jonny Brown (right) and Selah McHail (second right) are joined by youth footballers Streme Cha (left) and Itongo K’nife as stars of the new ‘Land of Wood and Water’ global advertising campaign for the adidas Originals by Wales Bonner Spring/Summer 2023 collection.
SAINT’s Jonny Brown jumps into the just-dropped adidas by Wales Bonner Samba sneakers teamed with the silver anorak jacket and matching shorts.
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SAINT’s Jonny Brown jumps into the just-dropped adidas by Wales Bonner Samba sneakers teamed with the silver anorak jacket and matching shorts.
Seeing a new horizon of football fashion SAINT International star and aspiring film-maker Selah McHail (centre), is joined by footballers Streme Cha (left), and Itongo K’nife clad in the new athletic apparel from the co-ed adidas by Wales Bonner collecti
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Seeing a new horizon of football fashion SAINT International star and aspiring film-maker Selah McHail (centre), is joined by footballers Streme Cha (left), and Itongo K’nife clad in the new athletic apparel from the co-ed adidas by Wales Bonner collection.
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Jamaica’s idyllic beauty takes centre stage as the backdrop for the just-released advertising campaign for the adidas Originals by Wales Bonner Spring/Summer 2023 collection that dropped online and select retail stores globally on June 9.

Featuring new footwear and athleisure apparel designed by British-Jamaican fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, the ‘Land of Wood and Water’-titled campaign co-stars SAINT International models Jonny Brown and Selah McHail in lushly rendered imagery that celebrates Jamaican culture. Youth footballers Streme Cha and Itongo K’nife are also featured in the visuals.

It was photographed back in February at Frenchman’s Cove, Somerset Falls and Goblin Hill in Portland by twin photographers Jalan and Jibril Durimel.

The new adidas Originals by Wales Bonner collection features two reimagined adidas classic sneakers: the WB Samba in silver leather upper and crochet stripes and a neutral colour palette with a nubuck upper and leather stripes. Also revamped is the WB SL72 Knit that sees the retro adidas runner redone in a knitted upper, in two distinct colourways paying homage to Jamaican lifestyle.

Apparel-wise, included in the unisex collection for the billion-dollar German athletic wear company are a silver anorak jacket with matching shorts, a Harrington jacket and flared trouser set, towelling top and shorts set, knitted sweater vest, neutral sweater sweatpants set, and short-sleeve cotton t-shirts.