adidas x Song for the Mute
Words, SVD. Photo, adidas and Song for the Mute.
October 3, 2025.
The latest adidas x Song for the Mute release once again confirms the Australian label’s ability to tell stories through a conscious use of materials. With the arrival of the SFTM-006 collection, we look back at the previous chapters of this collaboration.
Fabric first
Song for the Mute was born in Sydney, founded by Lyna Ty (textile designer and creative director) and Melvin Tanaya (branding and brand direction).
For their apparel, the brand follows an unconventional approach: fabrics dictate the design, not the other way around. Each collection is conceived as a standalone chapter, defined by the textures, colors, and movement of the chosen materials.
Its campaigns—often tied to travel, memory, and emotion—have built a community that values the brand’s storytelling and the intentional imperfection behind every seam. Their creations can be “read with the hands,” resulting in a tactile, personal fashion experience.
adidas x Song for the Mute
From the start of their collaboration, Song for the Mute and adidas Originals sought to infuse designs with a deeper, more narrative dimension.
The first proposals reinterpreted classic silhouettes — such as the Shadowturf, Campus, and Country OG — giving them a worn-in feel through aged suede uppers, cracked three stripes, and neutral palettes that looked faded with time. Apparel kept the concept with distressed and vintage-wash fabrics.
With the SFTM-003 collection, this narrative tension between the classic and contemporary gained strength. The Country OG featured smooth leather and suede uppers in soft tones, subtle reflective details, and a lightly distressed finish. Meanwhile, apparel included heavy hoodies with washed-out logos, T-shirts with small embroideries, and washed technical-fabric shorts.
For SFTM-004, adidas and Song for the Mute ventured into “neo-romantic” territory: Renaissance inspiration, Victorian aesthetics, and dramatic atmospheres translated into footwear and apparel with a theatrical touch. Footwear highlights included the ADISTAR Cushion and Country OG, reinterpreted with colorways like jade, emerald, metallic silver, camel, and antique wine. Textures took center stage again: satin, mesh, pony hair, glossy TPU, and suede. Apparel revisited adidas’ classic Firebird line with raw-stitched track jackets featuring satin panels, elaborately detailed pants, and jacquard knitwear evoking autumn landscapes.
Each chapter of the collaboration showed the ongoing dialogue between fabric and silhouette, in both footwear and apparel.
The latest drop: SFTM x adidas Originals 006
The sixth collaboration, SFTM x adidas Originals 006, channels the idea of “restrained rebellion” in one of the saga’s most complete proposals: seven garments—a velvet track jacket, a twill overshirt, a pair of worn tartan pleated trousers, another pair of deconstructed track pants, two faded T-shirts, and a sweater with the number “6” in intarsia—a cap, a bag, and two reimagined sneakers—the SFTM-006 Adizero PR and the SFTM-006 Taekwondo Mei.
The Taekwondo Mei softens its athletic lines to move closer to balletcore: a softer aged suede upper, asymmetrical toe stitching, printed three stripes, and a translucent sole.
The Adizero PR also departs from its sporty image, adopting an aged midsole, asymmetrical lacing, metallic-finish overlays, and a lightweight mesh and TPU upper.
The SFTM x adidas 006 Taekwondo Mei (in Beige, Olive, or Black) and SFTM x adidas 006 Adizero PR (in Red, Black, or Silver) will soon be available at SVD, along with the apparel from the SFTM-006 collection. Don’t miss them!
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