MENACE and adidas Turn LA's Fútbol Culture Into a Predator '94
Steven Mena built MENACE out of a car trunk. Five hundred dollars, three t-shirts, one summer in Los Angeles. Ten years later, adidas keeps calling.
This is the third chapter of that partnership, and the first built around football. After a debut Superstar rooted in Mena's Latino upbringing and a Mother's Day follow-up, MENACE takes on the Predator '94 and drops its first official adidas kits. Timing matters here. The World Cup is in LA this summer, and Mena is putting his city on the boot.
Inside the Predator '94
The Predator '94 gets reworked for the street, not the pitch. Mena splits it into two vibes of Los Angeles. "Cielo" is sky-blue, a nod to what sits over the city every day. "Sol" is golden, built for the hour when the light goes warm.
MENACE x adidas Predator '94 in Cielo Blue
Every detail comes from the neighborhood. Chain-link quilting mimics the fences around every blacktop and schoolyard court in LA, the ones that turn a missed shot into a metallic rattle. Chrome hardware, paisley, and steel textures carry over MENACE's working-class design language, the same references Mena has pulled since the Superstar. Two jerseys round out the drop, Halo White and Hora de Oro.
This is lowrider culture and corner-pitch culture translated into a football boot, an LA story rather than a European heritage one.
MENACE x adidas SOL Jersey
World of Sound, July 11
The collab drops at World of Sound on Saturday, July 11. MENACE and Fútbol Society host World of Sound in the Fashion District, a free watch party running from noon to 10 PM at 2338 E 8th Street.
