adidas and designer Yohji Yamamoto have combined to produce this striking limited edition Y-3 adizero f50 boot. The front of the boot features a pair of imperial lion-dogs, who, according to legend, guarded Japanese emperors. Yamamoto has applied the context of modern Japanese sci-fi to link the past to the future.

Bundesliga and Ligue 1 observers will see these on the feet of David Alaba and Lucas Moura this weekend.