adidas Samba OG J 'White Black Gum'
Colorway: Cloud White/Core Black/Gum · Style code: GZ8346 · Release date: November 2, 2022 · Price: $93 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Originals Samba Og Cow Print Casual Shoes (KJ7448) · Adidas Originals Samba Og Rhinestone (KJ7488) · adidas Grade School Samba OG x Pokémon (KI8221) · adidas Pre School Samba OG x Pokémon (KI8222) · Adidas Originals X Pokmon Samba Og Mewtwo (KI8220)
The J suffix marks adidas' grade-school size run, and the shoe inside it is a straight Samba OG: a low profile, a suede toe overlay, three stripes along the quarter and a gum rubber outsole. adidas lists the colours as Cloud White, Core Black and Gum, the combination most people picture when the model is named. The upper is synthetic rather than the leather used on the adult version, a swap that keeps the price down and shrugs off the scuffs a size run this age reliably collects.
It arrived on 2 November 2022 at 65 dollars in the United States, the grade-school tier of adidas' Samba pricing. The model began as a football trainer built for indoor and frozen ground, and the fine tread cut into the gum outsole is a leftover from that job rather than a styling choice. The kids' build keeps the same flat last and close-to-the-ground stance, so it reads as the adult shoe scaled down instead of a softened lookalike. White with black and gum has been the Samba's default dress for decades, which makes this the least fussy way into the size run and the easiest to match against an adult pair.