Adidas Stan Smith 'Grey'
Colorway: Footwear White/Footwear White/Grey · Style code: B41470 · Release date: November 2018 · Price: $2452 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Stan Smith (S80031) · Adidas Stan Smith 'Magic Grey' (GX4445) · Adidas Stan Smith 'Grey Gum' (HQ6830) · Adidas Stan Smith 'Monochrome Grey' (FW2639) · Adidas Stan Smith Crepe 'Grey' (FZ6440)
Tonal and quiet, this Stan Smith swaps the green tab for grey and leaves everything else in Footwear White. It released in November 2018 at $120, above the $90 of the standard white and green pair, so it sat toward the upper end of the range on price. The grey is the only accent: it sits where the colour usually goes, on the heel, and the rest of the shoe, upper and sole alike, stays white.
Grey on white is the least assertive Stan Smith you can buy. Green announces the shoe; black sharpens it; grey lets it recede, which is exactly what makes this pair useful for anyone who wears the design daily and wants it to go unnoticed. The perforated rows that stand in for the Three Stripes, the padded heel tab and the flat cupsole are all in place, and because the palette is so restrained, those details read as texture and shadow instead of trim. It is a good choice with grey tailoring, denim or anything in the white-to-charcoal range, and the lack of a bright accent means it dates less than seasonal colourways.