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The adidas Consortium Micropacer Lux is a pretty interesting take on a current craze. The craze in question is dressing a bit like your dad. Everyone's complementing each other on their waxed jackets and punch-patterned shoes. We don't feel particularly threatened by it because those leather soles on a train platform ain't no joke. You'll always need sports footwear in your life. For an early '80s curiosity, the adidas Micropacer's maintained a remarkable level of longevity since those early '00s reissues garnered some attention, and it seems to be the first port of call when the minds behind Consortium want to go crazy with a concept.

The iPod tributes and the hamper version weren't playing when it came to the material executions and packaging, but these Lux versions take it way out there. Brogue status on a sneaker is nothing new - we've seen it work before and we've seen it crash and burn too - someone's really put in some work here, down to the appropriately slippery leather outsole. It's an amusing juxtaposition of the digital and defiantly analogue, and they even come with their own branded polish, cloth and brush to keep 'em pristine. We never thought we'd see the day when one of adidas's most ambitious creations got the Florsheim-style wingtip treatment.

By description alone, it's doubtful we'd want to see them, but in the flesh the quality is outstanding, and they're very well executed indeed, staying classy like Ron Burgundy himself. The downside? We're still awaiting a UK RRP, but these aren't going to be cheap. The Consortium Micropacer Lux hits the Crooked Tongues store and selected Consortium partner spots this Saturday, the 15th of May - pipe and tweed blazer not included.