Why Clot’s Edison Chen Left Nike For Adidas

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Complex

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Edison Chen is the co-founder of Clot, a streetwear brand that’s spent 20 years tying together the East and the West. Clot is best known in sneakers for its high-profile Nike collaborations, but that’s about to change. Last year, Chen and Clot started a new partnership with Adidas that promises to expand their sneaker empire by allowing Clot more resources and freedom to create. In this episode, Chen talks about leaving Nike, signing with Adidas, and the bygone era of lining up for sneakers. Also, cohosts Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty recap some Nike Book 1 drama on social media.

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? It's Joel Humma. You were listening. You were watching the
0:05.1	complex sneaker show. As always, I'm joined by my two co-host. To my
0:08.5	right, Mr. Matt Welty. We're here. We are here. To my left, my man dressed like it's a Easter Sunday in all black
0:15.9	We're going to be here. We're starting already turn the video worried because it looks like a dress for a job interview yes
0:26.3	Oh wait I didn't think about that where you going after this
0:31.1	I didn't think about that.
0:32.6	New York Times.
0:33.8	New York Times.
0:34.4	The New York Times. Sneaker reporter Brendan Golden.
0:36.6	This is actually a perfect sneaker journalist pop culture critic uniform for a job interview.
0:47.2	All right, keep an eye on him today,
0:48.8	see where he's going after this.
0:50.1	YouTube comments, I might need a reference.
0:51.8	Look at it, through the tie on, I went need a reference. Look at it.
0:53.0	Through the tie on?
0:54.0	I went bummy with the fit.
0:56.0	What is it?
0:57.0	Step inside the booth, loosen up the tie, Superman is a lot.
0:59.0	I mixed up the bars a little bit.
1:01.0	It's kingdom comes, JZ.
1:02.0	We don't consider that important.
1:04.0	That canon, but-
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