adidas Gazelle 'Linen Green'
Colorway: Linen Green/Cloud White/Gold Metallic · Style code: GX2206 · Release date: October 5, 2022 · Price: $106 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Gazelle 'Linen Green' (BY9034) · adidas Wmns Gazelle Indoor 'Linen Green Solar Orange' (IF6982) · adidas Wmns Gazelle Indoor 'Silver Pebble Linen Green' (JR2430) · Adidas Gazelle Indoor (Women's) Sneakers (IH9219)
Linen Green is one of adidas' quieter greens, a soft grey-tinged shade with none of the depth of a bottle green or the brightness of a court green, and it behaves on suede like a natural dye rather than a manufactured one. Cloud White does the contrast work across the serrated three stripes and the heel tab, and the gold metallic branding on the tongue and quarter supplies the warmth the green itself lacks. The combination is closer to a knitwear palette than a sportswear one.
That is deliberate. Colourways like this are why the Gazelle held its place through a decade in which most of the market moved to chunkier silhouettes: it works as a neutral, and a muted green functions as one in a way a saturated colour never could. The pair went out on October 5, 2022 at $100. Soft greens are also the shades most vulnerable to sun, drifting toward grey over a summer of wear, which is one reason the older pairs look nothing like the new ones.