▁at ▁first ▁if ▁the ▁model ▁should ▁still ▁be ▁called ▁Robert ▁H ail let ▁or ▁if ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁renamed ▁to ▁Stan ▁Smith , ▁so ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁( 1 9 7 3 – 1 9 7 8 ) ▁the ▁sh oe ▁was ▁produced ▁with ▁a ▁tongue ▁that ▁had ▁Stan ▁Smith ' s ▁portrait ▁and ▁the ▁word ▁" H ail let " ▁written ▁above ▁it . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁the ▁word ▁" H ail let " ▁was ▁finally ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁tongue , ▁and ▁the ▁sh oe ▁was ▁really ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁Stan ▁Smith ▁and ▁officially ▁renamed ▁the ▁Ad idas ▁Stan ▁Smith . ▁▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁about ▁ 2 2 ▁million ▁pairs ▁of ▁ad idas ▁Stan ▁Smith ▁sho es ▁had ▁been ▁sold , ▁and ▁the ▁sh oe ▁was ▁listed ▁in ▁Gu in ness ▁World ▁Records . ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁pairs ▁sold ▁had ▁increased ▁to ▁ 2 3 . 7 ▁million . ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 s ▁▁ ▁At ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century , ▁Ad idas ▁re - iss ued ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁sh oe ▁– ▁" Ad idas ▁Stan ▁Smith ▁II ". ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁rep lica ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁ad idas ▁stan ▁sm ith ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁Ad idas ▁Originals ▁line ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁" Ad idas ▁Stan ▁Smith