adidas Wmns Samba Boot 'Pale Nude'
Colorway: Pale Nude/Pale Nude/Pale Nude · Style code: GZ8106 · Release date: September 13, 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 'Halo Green' (GZ8108)
adidas took the Samba upward for this one. The boot version extends the quarter panel into a collar that closes over the ankle, turning a low football trainer into something closer to winter footwear, while the toe overlay, the three stripes and the flat last stay exactly where they were. The colour is tonal throughout: Pale Nude appears three times in the listing, so upper, stripes and trim all sit in the same soft beige register. Suede is the material, and it suits a boot far better than it suits a summer low top.
It arrived on 13 September 2021, timed to the front of autumn buying, and was cut only for the women's size run. Boot versions have always been a small corner of the Samba line rather than core business, appearing when adidas wants a cold-weather option that still carries the model's outline. A single-tone treatment is the cleanest way to sell that idea, because a boot's taller panels break a multi-colour scheme up awkwardly. A green make of the same silhouette followed in October 2021, and the two of them formed that season's short run before the line went back to its usual low-cut work.