Adidas Wmns Forum Bold Stripes 'Cream'
Colorway: Supplier Colour/Supplier Colour/Cloud White · Style code: ID3154 · Release date: March 3, 2024 · Price: $91 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Forum Bold Stripes 'Quartz Bold Gold' (IE4775) · Adidas Wmns Forum Bold 'Grey' (GW9122) · Adidas Wmns Forum Bold 'Python' (HQ1985) · Adidas Wmns Forum Bold 'Bliss' (GW9123) · Adidas Wmns Forum Bold 'Embroidered Trefoils' (H05116)
Cream suede and a white sole is about as quiet as this shape gets, which matters because the shape is not quiet at all. The Three Stripes on the Bold Stripes cut are enlarged until they dominate the side of the shoe, and keeping them in the same cream as the panel behind them means they register as texture and shadow instead of as a graphic. Cloud White at the outsole is the only tonal break.
Underneath sits the Bold platform, a thickened cupsole that raises the whole shoe and stretches its profile, the change that turned the Forum into a women's range staple rather than a basketball reissue. It released on 3 March 2024 at 110 dollars, four days before a plum version of the same build. Suede carries cream better than leather does, because a smooth hide in that shade tends to look unfinished, while the nap gives it a fabric-like softness. The ankle strap remains, scaled to match the taller sole, and it is the clearest remaining link to the shoe adidas first sold in 1984.