Is the "mismatched shoes" trend making a comeback? Da LeBron James ad Erik Lamela: i nuovi interpreti di un trend che continua

In the last sporting weekend, the trend of playing with different shoes seems to be back in the limelight. The contact points are nearly 7,000 kilometers away: on one side the brand new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (or New White Hart Lane if you prefer), on the other the Wide World Of Sports Cheer Arena in Orlando, Florida. In North London the protagonist is Erik "el Coco" Lamela who in the last match against Newcastle (1-1) used the 2012 F50 Adizero Leather (right) and the new Adidas Copa 19.1 (left) at the same time. The former Giallorossi is not new to experiments of this kind: already in the Europa League preliminaries match played against Shkëndija he had used two different shades of F50 Adizero at the same time. The reason, according to what the specialized sites report, would be the greater adherence and the different type of friction that the kangaroo leather generates.

In the NBA bubble, however, LeBron Raymone James - one of the League's most underrated sneakerheads - dominated in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals playing with his Nike LeBron 17 PE in two different colors (unofficial because only in game version and not still on the market). The lime/fuchsia and the classic yellow and purple attract attention in the first half of the match that gave the Lakers the NBA final, the tenth of his career for Akron's talent. As often happens, King James changes shoes in the second half and leaves the mismatched strategy.

The examples of the past create historical memory, while the examples of the present consolidate a trend that over the years has never completely disappeared, resisting in a transversal way among the athletes of every sport. Is playing with two different shoes really coming back into fashion?