adidas Originals and Jennie Release Their First Collection Together
adidas Originals released 'adidas Originals by JENNIE', the collection it made with Jennie, worldwide on 1 September 2026. Herald Business reported that it is the first collection the brand has made with her and that Jennie took part in the design herself. The signature piece is the 'Superstar Square Ballet'.
What happened
adidas Originals released ‘adidas Originals by JENNIE’, the collection it made with Jennie, worldwide on 1 September 2026. Herald Business reported that it is the first collection the brand has made with her, and that Jennie, who has been a global ambassador for adidas for years, took part in the design herself. Vogue Korea also reported that Jennie took part in creating the products in this collection.
Why is it trending?
Ballet is the axis of the collection. It draws on the restrained beauty and the elegant silhouette of ballet for a modern femininity. Vogue Korea gave the central theme as ‘Functional Grace’ and wrote that details taken from the movement of ballet were added to the functionality that belongs to sportswear, reworking the classic heritage of adidas. The signature piece is the ‘Superstar Square Ballet’, drawn from a ballet pointe shoe. The same outlet reported that it grafts the silhouette of a pointe shoe onto the adidas Superstar sneaker, with a squared toe, a strap over the instep and a ribbon.
What you need to know
- Release: worldwide on 1 September 2026. It is the first collection adidas Originals has made with Jennie.
- Theme: Vogue Korea gave the central theme of the collection as ‘Functional Grace’.
- Signature piece: the ‘Superstar Square Ballet’, drawn from a ballet pointe shoe. It uses premium leather, a sheepskin lining and a ribbon detail.
- The rest: high knit leg warmers and reworked track tops and track pants, a layering T-shirt, a wrap skirt, a knit wrap cardigan, a sheer sleeveless bodysuit and sheer leggings came with it.
- Pop-up store: 29 and 30 August 2026 at Layer Studio 41 in Seongsu, Seoul. Herald Business reported that the main campaign film was shown there for the first time and that products could be bought ahead of the release.
- Embed: the description of the Superstar campaign film, published by the official adidas Originals YouTube channel on 26 February 2026, lists Jennie among the people who appear in it. The signature piece of this collection is built on that Superstar.
Profiles
Groups
BLACKPINK블랙핑크
BLACKPINK is a four-piece group under YG Entertainment that debuted on 8 August 2016 with the single album SQUARE ONE. Its third mini album DEADLINE arrived in February 2026, and the DEADLINE world tour ran 16 cities from July 2025 to January 2026.
Artists
Jennie제니
Jennie is a member of BLACKPINK, which debuted in August 2016, and in 2018 she released the first solo record by any of its members. Her solo work runs through OA, the company she founded at the end of 2023; her first full-length album Ruby came out in March 2025 and the digital EP Fallen Angel in August 2026.
- Group
- BLACKPINK
- Agency
- OA
- Debut
- 8 August 2016
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