British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wore an Adidas Samba during an interview at Downing Street on April 2. The Samba has become one of the coolest fashion trends of the moment.
The shoe's origins date back to a 1949 creation by Adi Dassler, the German entrepreneur who founded Adidas. Harry Styles, Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Rihanna are among those who have given in to the Samba trend in the past year. The outcry was such that RishiSunak almost apologized to “the samba community.’ “In my defense, I would say that I have worn Adidas sneakers, including Sambas – and others, in fact – for many, many years,” noted the 43-year-old politician, who also said he had a weakness for the Everlane hoodie and the Palm Angels platform shoes, on the airwaves of London radio LBC. “[Sunak] can perhaps take solace in the fact that as Prime Minister he has finally succeeded in bringing together a divided nation, if not at the ballot box then online, for having 'ruined "the British favorite sports shoe," writes Elizabeth Paton.