How much? ‘Worn out’ £645 Adidas Stan Smith trainers sell out at Balenciaga

The women’s ‘Destroyed Stan Smith’ trainers retail at £645, although you are more likely to pay £2,500 on auction sites after they all sold out at Balenciaga. Photograph: Adidas/Balenciaga

They are stained, crushed and yellowing but Balenciaga’s range of “worn-out” sneakers, launched in collaboration with Adidas this month, have sold out. This is despite an eye-watering price tag of almost £700.

The brand-new shoes, described by one reviewer as “looking like they’ve been flattened by a 20-ton steamroller”, are no longer available on the Balenciaga website, and are being priced on one specialist sneaker auction site at £2,500.