adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Carbon Almost Blue Gum'
Colorway: Carbon/Almost Blue/Chalk White · Style code: ID0493 · Release date: March 7, 2024 · Price: $54 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Maroon' (ID0477) · adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Pearl' (JQ2616) · adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Clear Sky' (JR8829) · adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Scarlet White' (IE6524) · adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Cream White' (KK3528)
Three muted tones carry this women's release: Carbon sits with Almost Blue and Chalk White. It is one of the more restrained colour sets adidas has put on the model, reading closer to a grey shoe than a blue one, and it depends on the leather's finish to separate the panels rather than on contrast. The build is a straight Samba OG, so the suede toe overlay, the three stripes and the gum outsole all carry across without modification.
It released on 7 March 2024 at 100 dollars in the United States, the same day adidas put a burgundy little-kids pair on sale, which gives a fair picture of how wide the line was running that spring. The women's size grid drew a great deal of attention through the peak years, and colour sets like this are the reason. Rather than shrink adult colourways to fit, adidas developed separate palettes for it, generally quieter and less reliant on the football-heritage combinations. Bought simply as a shoe, the appeal is practical: it goes with more than a white pair does and shows less than a black pair does.