adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Core Black'
Colorway: Core Black/Cloud White/Gold Metallic · Style code: FV7773 · Release date: September 2020 · Price: $69 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Clear Pink' (FV7750) · Adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Hazy Rose' (FX5514)
Cut on a slimmer last than the standard pair, this women's Gazelle OG reproduces the details the model carried before its modern revisions. The upper is Core Black suede with the T-shaped toe overlay in the same shade, so the panel shows as a change of texture rather than a change of colour. White leather is reserved for the heel tab and the serrated three stripes, which is where the contrast lives, and gold metallic covers the printed tongue label and the wordmark foiled along the lateral quarter panel.
Black, white and gold is the arrangement most people picture when they picture a Gazelle, and the OG designation signals that adidas was not trying to improve on it. The shoe went out in September 2020 at $80, the bottom of the range, which says something about how much of the model's appeal is in the pattern rather than in expensive materials. Suede in black is also the most practical version available, since the nap shrugs off marks that would ruin a pale pair, and the white leather trim is the part that shows age first.