adidas & Persia

[STYX]

I remember I read somewhere that Adidas made its brand, with three strips after this carving in Persepolis !

[Nokhodi]

That's actually kind of cool. Is that real?
If so, I'm surprised Adidas hasn't used this in some sort of marketing exercise already.

[Bessos]

Fml so we have been wearing Adidas for 2500 years yet we couldn't get them to sponsor us? BS

[Abtin]

Now we should definitely land that deal with them!

[GolfePersique]

we should claim copyright

[eerooni]

WOW!! Persians wearing (Branded) shoes since 2000BC!!!! This is what I call CIVILIZATION!!!!

[YeCheesi Tala]

Bet like we have Jordans now back then they had Cyrus's hahaha

[Kian Persepolis]

They probably had a brand but instead of a Polo logo, it was a parthian shot xD

[STYX]

That's actually kind of cool. Is that real?
If so, I'm surprised Adidas hasn't used this in some sort of marketing exercise already.

adidas grounded back in 1920s a time Germans were even looking for Aryan roots in Iran, even the country's name was officially changed from Persia to Iran by Reza Shah under influence of Hitler himself in 1931, and also Swastika is an Achaemenid symbol as known used by Germans, etc

[webmaster]

here is a bigger photo

[NFL]

That's actually kind of cool. Is that real?
If so, I'm surprised Adidas hasn't used this in some sort of marketing exercise already.

yes if they want to lose business!!!

associating your brand with anything Iranian is a Marketing suicide these days!!

[AIrani]

yes if they want to lose business!!!

associating your brand with anything Iranian is a Marketing suicide these days!!

I disagree.

Persian rugs, Persian cats, etc., etc., are in many places. No one hates Persia, as old Iran. When I was in Italy, people really respect Iran and Persia.

[Keano]

Fml so we have been wearing Adidas for 2500 years yet we couldn't get them to sponsor us? BS

We have been robbed of our original Adidas shoes for about 1500 years!

[pajamNL]

is this just coincidence or real story?

[Babak agha]

More interesting is what those three stripes represent..
Never knew about this :P