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adidas like, really loves Valentine's Day. So much so, in fact, the Three Stripes is putting its loveliest V-day sneaker on stilts. In a sense.

The "Valentines" Handball Spezial is a lifted-up take on a typical Spezial sneaker that was hit by Cupid's arrow a few times.

The red velvet suede upper is disrupted by purple heart-shaped accents at the heel and dainty swirling at the front. The Valentine's Day energy continues with a pretty pink Three Stripes and matching heel tab.

But this is not just your regular shmegular adidas Handball Spezial sneaker — no shade to the OG, of course, but this take on the classic sneaker has some serious weight behind it. Literally.

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Instead of the famously flat outsole found underneath a traditional Handball Spezial sneaker, this lovesick iteration of the sneaker sits on a boldly beefed-up outsole.

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The arched platform gives the categorically simple sneaker a pinch of edge, acting as the salty, to the decadent sneaker's sweet, so to speak.

Available on the adidas website for $140, this Valentines Day-ready sneaker is one of many love-inspired sneakers adidas is dropping to usher in the season of love. The chocolate-covered strawberry Samba, or the charmed kissy Superstar sneaker. adidas isn't just feeling the love — it's creating it.

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