adidas x Jeremy Scott Adilette Bear Slides
The teddy-bear motif that turned Jeremy Scott footwear into meme, mascot and collector object at once.
Story & heritage
Wikipedia singles out JS Bears among the best-known Jeremy Scott x adidas launches from 2008, placing the teddy-bear motif beside JS Wings as one of the partnership's signatures. The bear treatment became shorthand for Scott's version of luxury-pop excess: childish, funny and instantly recognizable.
Farfetch's later Adilette Bear slide shows how the motif keeps resurfacing across silhouettes, preserving the plush toy joke even when the shoe base changes.
Materials & craft
Farfetch describes the Adilette Bear as a yellow slide with a moulded footbed, plush JS teddy bear at the front, a shearling forefoot strap and a rubber sole. Even on a simple slide, the tactile bear head remains the defining construction idea.
How to choose & style
The bear motif works best when you lean into the humor rather than apologizing for it. With athletic shorts, oversized denim or a poolside cover-up, the shoe reads playful; with something too polished, it starts to feel like a costume prop.
