The Wales Bonner x adidas Predator 26 is the kind of collaboration that makes sense only when you understand how long Grace Wales Bonner has been studying football culture. Since her first adidas Originals collection in 2020, the British designer has repeatedly transformed familiar Three Stripes pieces through material, proportion and cultural references. In 2026, she entered more sensitive territory: the Predator itself.
Wales Bonner takes on an adidas football icon
Predator carries more than three decades of history, which makes reworking it very different from updating a lifestyle sneaker. The silhouette is tied to some of football’s most recognizable visual codes—aggressive lines, bold branding and the fold-over tongue. Wales Bonner keeps that identity visible but changes the mood completely.
Snakeskin, brown tones and muted gold
The Elite Fold-Over Tongue FG model is covered in a textured snakeskin-inspired upper built around deep brown tones and restrained metallic accents. Instead of using the loud red, black and white palette traditionally associated with Predator, the collaboration brings in materials and colors that feel closer to luxury fashion. A chrome-like soleplate adds a sharp technical contrast underneath.
More than a football boot collaboration
The boot belongs to a wider collection that continues Wales Bonner’s approach to football as culture rather than costume. Teamgeist-inspired apparel, tracksuits and off-pitch pieces sit around the Predator, blurring the separation between performance product and fashion product. That matters because the collaboration does not treat football as a temporary trend; it builds on years of work with adidas and an established understanding of the sport’s style language.
For collectors, this Predator stands out because it does not rely on a retro remake or a simple celebrity logo. It takes a historically important performance silhouette and changes its material character without stripping away the shape that made it famous. The result feels authored, specific and unmistakably Wales Bonner.