adidas UltraBoost DNA 'Orbit Grey Blanch Sky'
Colorway: Orbit Grey/Core Black/Blanch Sky · Style code: GZ9321 · Release date: March 2021 · Price: $1082 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas UltraBoost Web DNA 'White Orbit Green' (GZ3679) · Adidas Wmns UltraBoost DNA S&L 'Orbit Grey' (FW4906)
By 2020 the UltraBoost had split in two. One branch continued as a running shoe with more foam and updated tooling; the other, carrying the DNA name, was the lifestyle version: the same silhouette people had actually been buying, kept close to the original proportions and sold on comfort and appearance rather than on mileage. This belongs to that branch. The build is the familiar one: a knitted upper with a plastic cage over the midfoot, a full-length Boost midsole, and a stretchy rubber outsole that flexes with the foam rather than resisting it. What changes between releases in this line is mostly material and colour, which is the point; the shoe gets treated as a canvas the way a court model would be. This version pairs an orbit grey knit with a pale blue accent and a black cage, released in the spring of 2021, at the quieter end of a range better known for loud pattern work.