INVINCIBLE Reworks adidas Samba for Global Form in Motion Launch

INVINCIBLE and adidas Consortium have taken their Form in Motion capsule worldwide. The FW26 collection launched globally on November 13 at selected adidas Originals stores and on the adidas app, after a November 7 first release at INVINCIBLE locations in Taipei, Xinyi, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Shanghai, Chengdu and Jakarta and the retailer's online store. A global online raffle at invincible.com.tw ran until November 4. The partners describe the design idea in the name: pleats, gathers and layered panels that open up and change shape as the body moves.

The first Samba pushes the trainer toward formalwear. The Samba Dress Shoes apply traditional dress shoe finishing to athletic proportions: brogue wingtip perforations and pinked, sawtooth edges run along the signature T-toe overlay and the side profile. At the back, the usual heel counter gives way to gathered, ruched leather that flexes with each step and shows more texture as the shoe bends. The Dress Shoes are exclusive to Asia.

The second Samba keeps the model's familiar shape and branding codes and reworks the construction instead. Panels are cut and twisted so they overlap, and the raw seams that result are left exposed rather than hidden. Reinforcement stitching, borrowed from bespoke leatherwork, fills the negative spaces between the deconstructed panels. Metallic gold foil INVINCIBLE branding on the lateral side is the one quiet finish on a loud construction.

The apparel is the partners' first shared clothing range, and all four pieces share one detail: a woven adidas label that tears away to reveal an embroidered INVINCIBLE logo beneath. The G-8 Flight Jacket takes the boxy, cropped cut and 3D utility pockets of the classic flight jacket and adds a box pleat down the back, which spreads open in motion to show the adidas Three Stripes tucked inside the fold.

The rest of the range blends tailoring with sportswear staples. The L/S Knit Jersey reimagines the football jersey in a premium knit with a soft, textured hand. The 1 Tuck Track Pants pair sharp front pleats with a long-pile wool, a trouser-meets-trackpant hybrid. The 1 Tuck Track Sweat Pants apply the same pleated tailoring to heavyweight cotton, giving everyday sweats a sharper, more structured drape.

One number is missing from the whole release. Neither partner published prices with the launch information, and the release lists the MSRP as still to be confirmed. Shoppers outside Asia are also working with a partial range, since the Dress Shoes don't travel. What the global launch does settle is the construction: this is a Samba rebuilt at the seams, not a Samba in new colors.