adidas Y-3 FYW S-97 'Off White'
Colorway: Off White/Black/Footwear White · Style code: EF2626 · Release date: July 18, 2019 · Price: $199 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas Y-3 FYW S-97 'Red' (EH1399) · Adidas Y-3 FYW S-97 'Black' (FU9185) · Adidas Y-3 FYW S-97 'Black Scarlet' (EF2627)
Yohji Yamamoto showed in Tokyo in 1977 and in Paris in 1981, and spent the decades that followed building a body of work defined by black, drape and oversized cuts. He has described black as modest and arrogant at the same time. In 2003 he took that sensibility to adidas and launched Y-3, the letter standing for Yamamoto and the number for the three stripes.
The FYW S-97 is one of the line's clearer archive raids. Its base is the adidas Salvation, a 1997 running model from the brand's Feet You Wear era, and what carries over is the sole geometry. Almost nothing above it does. The upper is Primeknit rather than layered synthetic, suede and leather sit at the heel and forefoot, and Yamamoto's signature is applied where a logo would normally go.
It arrived in July 2019 in off-white, the midsole cut away in places so the Boost inside shows through.