Adidas NMD_R1 J 'Glory Pink'
Colorway: Glory Pink/Glory Pink/Glory Pink · Style code: FW4708 · Price: $97 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas NMD_R1 V2 'Black Glory Mint' (GW4709) · adidas NMD_R1 'Shadow Navy Glory Red' (HQ4450) · Adidas NMD_R1 'Japan Heel - Glory Green' (EF4260) · Adidas NMD R1 Sneakers (EF5855) · Adidas NMD R1 Sneakers (HQ4451)
Triple-tonal colourways strip a shoe down to its silhouette, and this one has a distinctive enough profile to survive it. Glory Pink is a muted, slightly dusty shade rather than a hot one, and running it across the knit upper, the welded Three Stripes, the collar and the heel badge removes every point of contrast the design normally relies on.
What is left to look at is construction. The sock-like collar, the moulded inserts set into the midsole sidewall and the shaping of the toe box all become more visible once colour stops dividing the shoe into zones, and the full-length Boost unit reads as volume instead of as a white band. Made for grade-school sizing, the pair carried a $110 retail price, the standard kids' figure for the model against $130 for the adult knit version. The outsole keeps the same segmented rubber pattern used on the full-size shoe, and the pull tab at the heel is the one piece carrying printed text.