Dingyun Zhang, the Mongolian-Chinese designer known for his alien outerwear, has always admired adidas' shoes. He remembers staring googly-eyed at the Tracy McGrady T-Mac 5 in adidas' store windows as a child, and he recalls picking up his first shoes from the German sportswear brand -- the tech-y 1.1 Intelligence -- in 2007. In Somerset, England, he would sport all-black Sambas to his boarding school classes, despite the uniform not allowing sneakers. Now, with a résumé that includes an MA fr...
Dingyun Zhang, the Mongolian-Chinese designer known for his alien outerwear, has always admired adidas' shoes. He remembers staring googly-eyed at the Tracy McGrady T-Mac 5 in adidas' store windows as a child, and he recalls picking up his first shoes from the German sportswear brand -- the tech-y 1.1 Intelligence -- in 2007. In Somerset, England, he would sport all-black Sambas to his boarding school classes, despite the uniform not allowing sneakers. Now, with a résumé that includes an MA fr...
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