adidas Wmns Samba Boot 'Halo Green'
Colorway: Halo Green/Halo Green/Feather Grey · Style code: GZ8108 · Release date: October 2021 · Price: $92 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Wmns Samba 'Snakeskin Boot' (JQ8727) · adidas Wmns Samba Boot 'Triple Black' (GZ8107) · adidas Wmns Samba Boot 'Pale Nude' (GZ8106)
Soft green suede over a boot collar is a long way from anything this model was designed to do. adidas lists the colours as Halo Green in two slots with Feather Grey, and the shape extends the quarter panel upward into a cuff that closes over the ankle. The toe overlay, the three stripes and the flat sole all remain, which is what keeps it identifiable, but the added height changes the balance of the shoe and makes suede the sensible material choice.
The release came in October 2021 at 120 dollars in the United States, a month after the same boot appeared in a tonal pale beige, and the two together made up that autumn's run. Boots have never been more than a sideline for the Samba. They surface when adidas wants a winter option that still carries the outline, then disappear once the season turns. Part of that is a fit problem: the last is cut very flat and very low, and pulling a collar up over the ankle asks the pattern to do something it was never drawn for. Colour does much of the reconciling, and a pale, muted green keeps the result from looking like hiking product.