adidas Gazelle Indoor 'Crew Navy Burgundy'
Colorway: Crew Navy/Gold Metallic/Off White · Style code: ID1008 · Release date: September 11, 2023 · Price: $208 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Gazelle Indoor Pro 'Crew Red Charcoal' (JR8839) · adidas Men's Gazelle Indoor 'Crew Yellow' (IE6606) · adidas Wmns Gazelle Indoor 'Hazy Green Crew Yellow' (IG6783) · Adidas Gazelle Indoor Sneakers (JQ8389) · Adidas Gazelle Indoor Sneakers (JQ8388)
Gold metallic is doing the talking on this one. The upper is Crew Navy suede, a deep, slightly inky blue that reads almost black indoors, and the branding is picked out in gold rather than the white or tonal trim the Gazelle Indoor usually runs. Off-white fills in the remaining details and warms the sole area, which keeps the pair from looking severe. The burgundy in the release name adds a fourth tone to a scheme that is otherwise tightly controlled.
At $150 on September 11, 2023 this was near the top of the non-collaborative Indoor range, and the suede grade is where the money went: thicker nap, richer dye, a hand closer to the archive pairs than to the standard Originals make. The Indoor sits lower and thinner than a regular Gazelle, with a slimmer sole unit and a flatter last, so a dark suede upper on it looks less like a trainer and more like a slipper with a rubber bottom. Navy, gold and cream is one of the oldest combinations adidas runs, which is likely why this colourway sold through so steadily.