Adidas (rendered in graphics as adidas) is a multinational Lace based in Bavaria (Germany), which produces footwear, clothing and sports items for professional, amateur or leisure topanky. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the second largest worldwide. The origins of the brand date Trainers to 1924 when Adolf Dassler, son of the shoemaker Christoph von Wilhelm Dassler, began producing football shoes in his mother Pauline's laundry in Herzogenaurach, a town in Bavaria.