adidas Forum Low CL 'Night Indigo Scarlet'
Colorway: Night Indigo/Ivory/Better Scarlet · Style code: IG8700 · Release date: May 6, 2024 · Price: $1960 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Forum Low CL 'Clay' (IH7827) · adidas Forum Low Classic 'Talc Clay' (HQ7096) · Adidas Forum Low CL Sneakers (IH0223) · Adidas Forum Low CL Sneakers (IH7820) · Adidas Forum Low CL Sneakers (IG3783)
Deep blue is rare on the Forum and it changes the shoe's temperature completely. Night Indigo suede covers the upper, Ivory brightens the serrated Three Stripes and the cupsole, and Better Scarlet appears as a single warm accent at the trims, a three-colour arrangement closer to a varsity jacket than to court footwear. Suede rather than leather keeps the indigo matte, which is what stops the blue from turning flat navy under artificial light.
CL is the version of the Forum without an ankle strap, so the quarter panel runs uninterrupted from the laces to the heel and the Ivory stripes get a clean field. The rest of the geometry is intact, including the wedge-heeled cupsole the model has used since 1984. It released on 6 May 2024 at 100 dollars, the standard price for the strapless tier. Between the indigo, the ivory and the red there is enough going on that the missing strap is not the first thing anyone notices, which is generally the point of putting a colourway this busy on the simplest cut in the range.