adidas Wmns Gazelle 'Pink Glow'
Colorway: Cloud White/Pink Glow/Gold Metallic · Style code: HQ4412 · Release date: April 2023 · Price: $270 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Wmns Gazelle 'Wonder Pink' (BY9352) · adidas Wmns Gazelle 'Bliss Pink Purple' (IE7002) · Adidas Wmns Gazelle OG 'Clear Pink' (FV7750) · Adidas Wmns EQT Gazelle 'True Pink' (EE5153) · Adidas Wmns EQT Gazelle 'Shock Pink' (EE5150)
Pale is the point. The body of this women's Gazelle is Cloud White suede, a shade that shows every mark, and the Pink Glow contrast is soft enough that from a distance the shoe reads almost tonal. Gold metallic branding supplies the third colour, printed on the tongue label and foil-stamped along the lateral quarter, which is the detail that keeps the pair from looking blank. Up close the pink defines the edges of the shoe, tracing the serrated three stripes and the heel tab so the outline stays legible against the white.
That combination put it squarely in the spring range for April 2023, when adidas was leaning hard on pastel and off-white suede across the Originals women's line. At $100 it sat above the standard Gazelle and below the Indoor, a price that reflected the suede grade rather than any added construction. It is a difficult colourway to keep clean and an easy one to wear, and the gold foil is the part that fades first, wearing off the quarter panel long before the suede gives out.