The adidas Handball Spezial arrived in 1979 as a shoe for handball, and the British football terraces later adopted it as a casual statement. In the Earth Strata Magic Beige version, the textile upper keeps the characteristic T-toe overlap, with a houndstooth pattern on the quarter. Branding comes from jagged 3-Stripes and a Trefoil on the tongue. Underneath is a soft gum rubber outsole, with an adidas logo embossed on its sidewall.