adidas Wmns Forum Low 'Cream White Blue Bird'
Colorway: Cream White/Clear Sky/Cloud White · Style code: IE7420 · Release date: June 2, 2023 · Price: $246 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Forum Low 'Pastel' (GY9492) · adidas Wmns Forum Low 'White' (GX5061) · adidas Wmns Forum Low 'White Black' (GY9463) · Adidas Wmns Forum Low 'Wonder Taupe' (GZ9475) · Adidas Wmns Forum Low 'White Beige' (GX2174)
There are two whites on this shoe and the difference is the point. The leather upper is Cream White, a warmer off-tone that sits closer to vanilla than to paper, while Cloud White handles the cupsole and the lace loops, so the sole looks cleaner than the panels above it. Clear Sky, a washed pastel blue, fills the serrated Three Stripes and the heel tab. The result is a summer colourway that never goes fully bright.
Released on 2 June 2023 at 110 dollars, it was cut on the women's last, which narrows the forefoot and drops the collar height slightly against the men's pair. Leather is the material the Forum was originally built in, and on a cream finish it picks up patina quickly, which suits the deliberately aged look. The adjustable ankle strap stays, as does the X-shaped side overlay that holds it, and the moulded heel counter keeps the profile adidas drew in 1984. For a model that spends most of its catalogue in triple white, the pale blue is the whole differentiator here, and it is applied with enough restraint to stay neutral through a full wardrobe.