"I purchased the blue Adidas shoe with the grey stripes for my son. He is in middle school. These are very similar to Adidas we've purchased in the past and we have been happy with them (the pair we purchased last year lasted the entire school year -yay!). My son has been wearing the shoes for almost two weeks with no problems. I was a bit worried the grey stripes would be more metallic/silver, but the color combo is more sedated and looks nice and low-key. These work great with his plaid shorts or plain shorts. I think they would also look great with long pants/jeans."