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# Is the Weirdest Chocolate/Sportswear Tie-In of All Time ... Tony’s + Adidas?
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/is-the-weirdest-chocolate-sportswear-tie-in-of-all-time-tonys-and-adidas/
- Published: 2022-11-18T20:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-19T01:12:14.000Z
- Description: As a general rule, I do not wear or carry overtly-branded clothing or other forms of merchandise. If brands want to pay me to promote them I *might* be down for it. But not for this. I am not down for paying for the “privilege” of shilling this stuff.
- Author: Clay Gordon
- Tags: Op Ed

I ran across Tony’s/Adidas co-branded tracksuits before heading to Ecuador in October, but put off doing anything with the find. I remember the prices being not cheap (the track pants in size 3XS are being offered for $80 on one site), with no mention that any proceeds were earmarked to help cocoa farmers.

> So I am guessing this was all (only?) about making it possible for Tony’s “special friends” to fly them some of those funkybright house colors Tony’s flies. 

When I went back to the Adidas web store to follow up, the tracksuits were no longer available. And, in fact, only a few of the items shown below (the white trainers in the gallery below, for one) were still available – and most appear to be out of stock on third-party sites, so I am thinking the promotional tie-in is over. 

Whew (wiping brow).

But still ... what *was* Adidas thinking? 

[Child labour scandal hits AdidasThey are the ultimate status symbols for sports stars and street-conscious young people. With their trademark three stripes, Adidas clothes cost a small fortune to buy and are promoted by world-famous names such as England skipper David Beckham, Olympic heptathlete Denise Lewis and Russian tennis pl…![](https://static.guim.co.uk/images/favicon-32x32.ico)The GuardianJason Burke![](https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/eada8aa27c12fe2d5afa3a89d3fbae0d/fallback-logo.png)](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/nov/19/jasonburke.theobserver?ref=thechocolatelife.com)

I am thinking that it *maybe* had something to do with greenwashing by association? Maybe? Now, I don’t know anything from inside sources; just from what I read that is publicly available on the interwebs, so that’s an expression of my opinion. 

But still ...

***What say you?***

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### **The Gallery of Weirdness**

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The images in the gallery below are being used in support of commentary on the decisions to manufacture and sell them.   
  
However, I did not take any of these images. I found them in online catalogs. I do not know who actually owns the underlying copyrights. However, I believe their use qualifies as a fair use under US copyright doctrine. I suppose I could also call their use in this post a parody on my part, but, I think, they are self-parodic in their own right.  
  
If a legitimate rightsholder wants to contest my use of the images, [here’s how to send a DMCA takedown notice](https://thechocolatelife.com/dmca-notice/).

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/tracksuits.jpg)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/tonys-chocolonely-track-top-gender-neutral.jpg)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/Tony-s_Chocolonely_Tee_-Gender_Neutral-_Brown_HP2039.jpg)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/slipons-750x750.webp)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/kicks.webp)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/soles-GX4712_44_detail.jpg)

![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/11/white_sneaks.webp)

But don’t you just love, *love*, **love** the shoelaces for those trainers?

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Do **you** find any of these items to be stylish or appealing? Would you buy/wear/gift any of them?  
  
***Let us know in the comments.***