A tennis shoe from 1963 has suddenly taken the fashion world by surprise

Many have heard of the legendary Adidas Stan Smith sneaker. But fewer are aware that the shoe, first introduced in 1963 and recently hailed as one of the most important sneakers in the world, takes its name from former No. 1 tennis player Stan Smith. To boot, a lot of the trendsetters bopping around in Stan Smiths today probably weren't even born by the time Smith had retired from tennis in 1985. The shoe's recent popularity is somewhat surprising, considering the sneaker hadn't sold particularl...