adidas Forum 84 Low 'Off White Wonder Beige'
Colorway: Off White/Wonder Beige/Cream White · Style code: IE9936 · Release date: July 4, 2023 · Price: $69 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Forum 84 Low 'Sashiko' (GX8564) · adidas Forum 84 Low 'Pink' (GY6980) · adidas Forum 84 Low 'Celtics' (GX9058) · Adidas Forum 84 Low 'Suns' (GX9049) · adidas Forum 84 Low 'Frankenstein' (IH3287)
There is not a cool tone anywhere on this shoe. Off White leather covers the upper, Wonder Beige deepens the overlays and the lining, and Cream White finishes the cupsole and the laces, three shades that sit inside the same narrow warm range. Without a contrast colour, the serrated Three Stripes register only by their raised edges and stitching, which turns the Forum's construction into the design.
An 84 build means adidas has kept the proportions of the shoe it sold in 1984: full leather, a strap across the ankle, the overlay that anchors it and a cupsole that rises at the heel. This pair came out on 4 July 2023 at 120 dollars. Starting a white shoe at off-white is a practical decision as much as an aesthetic one, since leather yellows with age and a pair pitched warm from the outset never looks like it has gone off. The beige also lands closer to a dress shoe than a gym shoe, which is where much of the Forum's current audience actually wears it.