Real Adidas items are uniformly and neatly stitched. Fake ones will have shoddy and loose stitch work. Uneven stitching often makes it easy to spot a fake Adidas product.

05/6Check the heel tag The heel tag on the back of the Adidas shoes has a stitched triangular pattern near the point where the upper layer usually meets the second layer of the leather near the heel. An original Adidas will never fault this detailing which is often spotted in the fake shoes.

It is not Germany! In fact, majority of Adidas shoes are not made anywhere in Europe. The answer might come as a surprise. But the majority of Adidas shoes are made in Asia, particularly Indonesia, Vietnam, and China.