Adidas NMD_R1 'Solar Red Tab'
Colorway: Cloud White/Solar Red/Core Black · Style code: EH0045 · Release date: April 2020 · Price: $200 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas NMD_R1 'Solar Red' (EF4267) · adidas NMD_R1 'Solar Red' (S31507) · Adidas NMD_R1 'Solar Red' (FV8162) · Adidas NMD_R1 'Solar Red' (EE5107) · Adidas NMD_R1 'Grey Solar Red' (F35882)
Naming a colourway after a pull tab is a sign of how little else is going on, and that is the point. The upper is Cloud White with the Three Stripes welded on tonally, so the sidewall is effectively blank, and the only shape added to it is a black no-sew overlay across the forefoot. Everything is flat, fused or knitted in; nothing is stitched on top.
Against that, the Solar Red loop at the heel is the strongest colour on the shoe, and because it sits at the back it is what people see as you walk away. The same red reappears below, on one of the inserts moulded into the midsole, paired with a black one so both accents from the upper are repeated at foam level. The Boost unit itself stays white and runs the full length, with a rubber outsole beneath it. It released in April 2020 at $130.