adidas Wmns Samba OG 'Off White Dark Blue'
Colorway: Off White/Dark Blue/Clear Sky · Style code: JI3907 · Release date: July 18, 2024 · Price: $225 · 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)
Two shades of blue against an off white base is an unusual amount of colour planning for this model. adidas records the set as Off White, Dark Blue and Clear Sky, the last a pale tone that gives the shoe a third register instead of the base-plus-contrast arrangement most versions use. The upper is leather and the build is a standard OG: low collar, suede toe overlay, three stripes down the quarter, flat outsole with the gum tread the shoe has carried since its football days.
It released on 18 July 2024 at 100 dollars in the United States, cut for the women's size run. Midsummer is an easy slot for a pale colourway, and off white proved one of the most productive bases adidas found during this period, because it warms the shoe without the glare of bright white leather and it ages toward cream rather than away from it. The blues are the more interesting decision. Navy and pale blue are common enough across adidas' wider catalogue but rare here, on a model that spent most of its life cycling through white, black, green and burgundy, and the women's grid is where most of those experiments were run.