Nostalgia Incoming: adidas, Brain Dead, and Disney Team Up for Retro Football Collection

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 officially taking over North America, the worlds of football culture and high-street fashion are colliding harder than ever. Seizing the moment perfectly, Los Angeles-based creative collective Brain Dead has teamed up with adidas and the powerhouse that is Disney to give us a proper dose of ’90s nostalgia.

If you thought football kits couldn’t get any more eclectic, this triple-threat collaboration is here to prove you entirely wrong…

A Closer Look at the adidas x Brain Dead x Disney Football Collection…

The crown jewel of the Brain Dead x adidas x Disney collection is undeniably a wild, lifestyle-friendly reimagining of the original 1994 adidas Predator boot. Instead of studs designed for tearing up the pitch, the adidas Predator x Brain Dead by Disney has been fitted with a heavy rubber outsole, turning the pitch legend into a distinctive “dress shoe” for the pavement. It retains the iconic molded rubber upper but steps things up with a bit of customization.

The shoe comes with two removable fold-over tongue flaps, allowing you to switch between a faux-croc skin and sleek patent leather. The patent leather flap features small perforations specifically designed to hold a set of six vintage-inspired Disney pins that come with the shoes. To top it all off, you get bespoke Mickey Mouse and Brain Dead keychains to dangle from your new kicks.

On the apparel side, the capsule leans heavily into adidas’ legendary EQT archives from the early 1990s. If you fondly remember the massive, asymmetrical Three Stripes slicing across the shoulders of classic shirts from the ’94 World Cup era, you are going to love these. The collection serves up a trio of co-branded football kits, complete with matching jerseys, shorts, and socks, featuring color schemes that nod beautifully to iconic national teams of that era, such as Jamaica, Mexico, and the USA.

While putting Mickey, Goofy, and Donald on a football kit feels incredibly fresh, it actually pays tribute to a forgotten piece of Three Stripes history. Back in the 1980s, adidas and Disney briefly collaborated on a line called “Goofy Sport”. Brain Dead has resurrected that playful energy, even going so far as to include an illustration of Goofy dribbling a football on the sleeve of the striking bold gold, green, and black jersey.

The jerseys are packed with character, featuring a flock-printed Disney logo on the chest, Brain Dead branding tucked into the neckline, and a subtle, all-over Mickey Mouse print. Even the sleeves get the premium treatment with flock-printed characters.

Beyond the match kits, fans can grab a playful Donald Duck graphic tee, crinkled nylon shorts, a classic track top covered in character patches, and a retro graphic fan scarf.

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The entire adidas Originals x Brain Dead by Disney collection, including the Brain Dead x Disney x adidas Predator ‘Core Black’, is strictly limited, so you’d better be sharp when they drop. The release is locked in for June 29th, 2026, via the adidas CONFIRMED app, adidas.com, and select premium retailers.

Keep an eye on our release calendar so you don’t miss out on a single thing!

IMAGE CREDITS: adidas