adidas NMD R1 Primeknit 'Friends and Family'
Colorway: Grey/Black/White · Style code: N00001 · Release date: 2016 · Price: $1696 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Zebra' (BY3013) · adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Monochrome' (BA8630) · adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Sesame' (AQ0899) · Adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Shrimp' (BA8599) · adidas NMD_R1 Primeknit 'Black Olive' (AQ1248)
Friends and Family pairs are made in small numbers and handed out rather than stocked, which is why they tend to be plainer than a general release: the point is the circulation, not the graphics. This 2016 Primeknit NMD follows that logic. The upper mixes black and charcoal through the weave, a grey that shifts with the stitch density rather than sitting on top as a printed pattern.
The blue and red blocks in the midsole are the one place colour shows up. On this model those inserts are structural, moulded into the foam to add stability at the forefoot and heel, and running them in two different shades gives a grey shoe two points of contrast at exactly the spots the eye tracks. Above them, the knit is a one-piece sock construction with no stitched overlays, so the forefoot flexes and the collar stretches over the ankle without a separate tongue. A full-length Boost unit sits below, and the listed price is $160.