Salute! A toast to the adidas x BSTN München 'Oktoberfest'

adidas and Munich’s own BSTN team up to introduce an official sneaker for the Oktoberfest. Available in two subtle yet distinct colorways, the adidas München is the no-brainer choice for the collab, dropping on September 13th, one week before the 2025 Wiesn festivities. While the two Bavarian’s initial Oktoberfest collaboration (2019) featured a ‘Prost’ [German ‘Cheers’] edition of the shoe, this year’s release has a distinct Italian twist with several ‘Salute’ brandings and logos. Already dubbed the proverbial northern-most city of Italy, Munich sees so many visitors from the Mediterranean country each Wiesn season that the second weekend of the festivities is known as ‘Italian’s Weekend’. The ‘Salute’ [Italian ‘Cheers’] inscriptions celebrate this ‘home away from home’ relationship between Monaco di Baviera and its neighbors from the southern side of the Alps. The corresponding oval logo – derived equally from a beer coaster and a trattoria sign – also subtly adds the classic Bavarian checkered pattern to the tongue and insole of the shoe. The main inspiration behind the release is the unique atmosphere of family, community, and culture that inseparably linked with and ever-present at the Oktoberfest. With ‘Brindiamo’ [Italian for ‘Let’s raise a glass’] found in bold letters on the collaboration’s crest logo, BSTN is raising a glass with and to the community in their hometown at the world’s biggest fun fair. Made from premium quality nubuck, the München ‘Oktoberfest’