adidas Gazelle J 'Night Indigo'
Colorway: Night Indigo/Cloud White/Core White · Style code: IG1695 · Release date: May 20, 2024 · Price: $49 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Gazelle Spezial 'Night Indigo' (IF8424) · adidas Gazelle Indoor 'Night Indigo' (JQ8393) · Adidas Gazelle 'Night Cargo Black' (EE8947) · adidas Gazelle 'Night Indigo Taupe' (IG6201) · Adidas Gazelle Indoor Hikari Shibata Sneakers (IH9986)
Junior sizing does not mean a different shoe. This Gazelle carries the same suede upper, the same serrated three stripes and the same thin rubber outsole as the adult pairs, scaled down and priced at $80. Night Indigo is the colour doing the work: a blue deep enough that it reads as near-black in a room and only resolves into navy outdoors, which makes the two white trims essential. Cloud White and Core White split the contrast duty across the stripes, the heel tab and the toe overlay.
It came out on May 20, 2024, part of the steady flow of kids' Gazelles adidas runs alongside the adult range in matching or near-matching colourways. A dark upper is the practical choice for a shoe that gets worn to school, since suede in a light shade shows everything, and a blue this deep hides scuffs until they are deep enough to lift the nap. The tradeoff is that the silhouette flattens out in low light and the shape only reads properly where the whites pick out its edges.