Adidas Wmns Forum Bold Stripes 'Preloved Fig'
Colorway: Preloved Fig/Preloved Fig/Cloud White · Style code: ID3153 · Release date: March 7, 2024 · Price: $67 · 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)
Bold is the platform version of the Forum, and Bold Stripes adds a second exaggeration: the serrated Three Stripes are scaled up until they occupy most of the quarter panel rather than sitting neatly across it. Both changes push the shoe further from its basketball origin than any colour choice could. This women's pair is finished in Preloved Fig, a greyed plum adidas used heavily across its 2024 range, applied to the upper and the raised midsole alike so the shoe reads as one solid block.
Suede is the upper material, which suits a muted tone better than leather would: the nap absorbs light and keeps the plum from looking plastic. Cloud White breaks the block only at the outsole edge, so the platform's height registers without a hard white band running through it. It released on 7 March 2024 at 110 dollars, the price adidas held for most of its women's Forum variants that season. The added stack under the foot changes proportion noticeably, lengthening the profile and lifting the heel, and the ankle strap is kept to tie the silhouette back to the shoe it came from.