Adidas Forum Low J 'White Black'
Colorway: Cloud White/Core Black/Core Black · Style code: IF2651 · Release date: August 3, 2023 · Price: $97 · Availability: Available now
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Nothing is hidden on this pair. Cloud White leather forms the upper and Core Black is used twice over, on the serrated Three Stripes and on the trims and heel, so the panel structure of the Forum is spelled out in high contrast. It is the clearest way to see how the shoe is actually put together, since the black lines follow exactly where the overlays sit rather than crossing them decoratively.
Released on 3 August 2023 at 70 dollars in junior sizing, it landed in the back-to-school window where adidas prices the Forum most aggressively. Leather at that number is the notable part; the same money elsewhere in the kids range buys a synthetic upper. The adjustable ankle strap, the X overlay and the wedge-heeled cupsole all carry over from the adult version unchanged. Black and white is also the most forgiving pairing for a shoe that will get scuffed, because marks on the white read as wear rather than damage against a hard dark outline, and the black panels hide everything else.