Adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Clear Pink'
Colorway: Clear Pink/Cloud White/Gold Metallic · Style code: FV7750 · Release date: September 2020 · Price: $160 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Core Black' (FV7773) · Adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Hazy Rose' (FX5514)
Pastel on a shoe this old is less incongruous than it sounds. The Gazelle dates to the mid 1960s, when adidas built it as a training shoe, and the OG designation here signals a faithful pattern rather than an updated one. Clear Pink is a pale, slightly chalky shade that sits softly on suede, and the details it covers are the original ones: a T-shaped toe overlay, plus a heel tab and serrated stripes both cut from leather.
Gold foil lettering runs along the lateral quarter panel and is repeated on the printed tongue tag, which is the only metallic element and the thing that keeps a pale shoe from looking washed out. The women's version rides a narrower last than the standard pair. adidas listed it in September 2020 at $80, the bottom of the range. Pink suede in this weight fades rather than stains, drifting lighter at the toe and the heel crease, so an old pair ends up paler than a new one rather than dirtier.