adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Cloud White'
Colorway: Cloud White/Cloud White/Grey One · Style code: FX6768 · Release date: April 17, 2021 · Price: $117 · Availability: Available now
A white shoe lives or dies on texture, and Primeknit gives this one more of it than the engineered mesh version has. The knit is worked in a single piece with the Three Stripes built into the stitch pattern rather than welded on top, so the sidewall branding appears as a change in the weave and shows up only when light hits at an angle.
Cloud White covers that upper and continues into the Boost midsole, with Grey One used as the shading colour in the knit and on the moulded inserts, which is what stops the pair from reading as a flat white block. At $170 on April 17, 2021 this sat near the top of the model's pricing, a gap of roughly forty dollars over the mesh build of the same period, and the construction is where the money went. A white rubber outsole with the usual segmented pattern sits underneath, and the pull tab at the heel is left in a matching shade.