adidas is going back to school. At least that's what it looks like. The adidas Samba Jane is a Three Stripes-coded version of a classic Mary Jane sneaker, the type you'd find in excess at any private school.

Joining a long line of hybrid adidas stunners, the Samba Jane fuses the best parts of a Mary Jane with a few subtle Samba touches like the flat outsole, perforated Three Stripes, and leather heel tab.

As for the Mary Jane of it all, the Samba Jane wears a T-shaped strap upper, which gives the shoe that schoolgirl feel.

adidas ties all of this together with a studded Trefoil right at the center and Samba branding at the strap.

Available on the adidas website for $100, the Samba Jane comes in black and brown colorways, two perfectly plain shades that fall right in line with the uniform simplicity fueling this shoe.

Currently, most hybrid shoes lean into the extravagant, as seen with any number of New Balance loafers or lifted sneaker wedges. Funkiness is a coveted metric in the hybrid shoe universe. 

But the Samba Jane defies convention with its unconventionally calm aura. Its basicness is its superpower.

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