Adidas NMD_R1 'Triple White'
Colorway: Footwear White/Footwear White/Off White · Style code: GW8062 · Release date: May 2022 · Price: $1370 · Availability: Available now
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Two whites, not one. Footwear White is the brighter and cooler of the pair and takes the knit upper along with the welded Three Stripes; Off White is warmer and slightly creamy and is used lower down, so the shoe carries a faint gradient from bright at the collar to soft at the ground. It is a distinction most people will not name but will notice.
That is the whole brief here. Nothing is picked out in contrast, the inserts moulded into the midsole sidewall are left tonal, and branding is limited to a heel badge and a pull tab in matching shades. What carries the design instead is the knit texture and the visible volume of the full-length Boost unit, both of which get more attention when no colour competes for it. The pair released in May 2022 at $160, which is where the model's knit pricing had settled by that year. A white outsole completes the run from top to bottom.