A little-known gem has got the reissue treatment almost Half a century after first appearing. The 1970s Adidas Cadet trainers.

The Adidas Cadet was initially released back in 1974 and was not spotted for quite some years. To the point where you'd picture this one was strictly for the Adidas archive. But no, like a handful of other recent reissues from Adidas, that one makes a reappearance after several decades of being missing in action.

I have no idea why these gave appeared now and i am not going to argue. Adidas mixing up its archive reissues and throwing in some obscure styles alongside the regular releases is a very good thing indeed.

There are a couple of colours available. The classic may be the white with red and blue detailing. But let's not disregard the orange and deep red details of the other colour option too.

The shoe design itself is very similar whatever colour option you opt for. A reasonably minimal, streamlined shoe and the kind of thing Adidas did so well in the 1960s and early 1970s. Slim and classy. A leather upper, suede toe, narrow gum sole, suede heel and the coloured stripes to the side. Cadet branding on the tongue too.

It's a classic of their type and on the shelves right now. If you prefer a pair, you'll have to spend lb70.