adidas Originals by Pharrell Williams | Hu Holi Blank Canvas Collection
- Inspired by the spiritual Hindu festival of spring celebrated in India and Nepal
- Apparel & footwear in stark, crisp white highlights message of peace and equality
- Honors the soulful, energetic spirit of adidas Originals by Pharrell Williams
For Spring/Summer 2018, adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams take a trip to northern India to honor the ancient spiritual Holi Festival, a springtime celebration of joy, equality, and humanity. Here, festival attendees paint their bodies head-to-toe and fling brightly hued powders in the air, hoping for long-lasting color in their everyday lives. Imagined as a crisp white uniform to be worn for Holi, the Blank Canvas collection serves up four pieces of apparel and footwear that underscore a message of peace and equality. The range highlights the playful spirit and soulfulness of the adidas Originals by Pharrell Williams collaboration, now in its fourth year. It also represents a continuation of the Hu journey, reflecting Pharrell’s founding vision of energy, color, and spirituality as a unifying force between people.
In its starkness, Blank Canvas begs to be covered and coated in Holi’s wildly colored powders—or simply worn in its pristine condition as a monochrome statement of style. The sleek Hu Blank Canvas Knitted TT is an engineered track top featuring unique material interest in various panels and “patch”-style embroidery declaring the phrase “HU MAN BEING.” For FTW, the iconic Hu NMD goes all-white to create the Hu NMD Blank Canvas, while the simple and versatile Tennis Hu PK Blank Canvas presents a pure take on the everyday trainer. Completing the footwear offering, the classic Stan
Smith Blank Canvas gets cleaned up—here in white Primeknit with a coordinated leather lining.
These minimalist pieces will serve as a Blank Canvas at the wild and transcendent Holi Festival. Just add color.
General Release:
February 23rd, 2018 online, at adidas Originals flagship stores and select retailers.
Hu Blank Canvas Knitted TT
- Engineered knitted track top
- 2-way zip function
- Material interest in different panels
- Embroidery slogan detail to left chest as worn
- Embroidered Hu sign off to the back
- Retail Price: $300
Hu Holi Blank Canvas NMD
- Boost midsole
- Unique lace system, which goes through the cage of the stabilizer to create a unique look
- Primeknit two-piece upper
- One-of-a-kind stabilizer attached to our patent Boost sole unit
- adidas and Hu logo on heel tab
- Retail Price: $250
Hu Holi Blank Canvas Tennis Hu PK
- Primeknit technology
- Breathable, lightweight uppers
- All-white colorway
- Block 3-stripe detail
- Leather lining
- adidas and Hu logo on heel tab
- Retail Price: $130
Hu Holi Blank Canvas Stan Smith
- Primeknit technology
- Breathable, lightweight uppers
- All white colorway
- Block 3-stripe detail
- Leather lining
- adidas and Hu logo on heel tab
- Retail Price: $130