adidas Gazelle Indoor 'Legend Ink Preloved Ruby'
Colorway: Legend Ink/Preloved Ruby/Wonder White · Style code: JH5404 · Release date: November 24, 2024 · Price: $40 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Gazelle Indoor 'Legend Ink' (IH7501) · adidas Gazelle Indoor 'Sand Strata Legend Ivy Gum' (JI2584) · Adidas Gazelle Indoor Sneakers (JI2587)
Legend Ink and Preloved Ruby are both deep, desaturated shades, and putting them on the same shoe is the whole idea. The ink is a near-black navy, the ruby a dulled wine red, and at arm's length the pair looks like a single dark tone until the contrast panels resolve. Wonder White is the third colour and the only bright element, used on the smaller details so the serrated three stripes and the heel tab keep their edges rather than dissolving into the upper.
The Gazelle Indoor is the right silhouette for this. Its sole is thinner and its stance lower than the standard Gazelle, so a dark suede upper sits closer to the ground and looks more like a soft shoe than a trainer. adidas released it on November 24, 2024 at $120. Two dark colours together is a harder sell than a dark base with a bright accent, and it works here mainly because suede holds both shades without either going muddy, which is not true of the same combination in leather or canvas.