adidas Y-3 Kaiwa "Triple White"
The adidas Y-3 Kaiwa "Triple White" (HR1951) released in 2023.
Original retail (2023): $400 · Lowest resale ask: $245 on Flight Club (Nov 7, 2026)
Colorway: Core White/Cream White/Core White · Style code: HR1951 · Release date: 2023 · Lowest resale ask: $245 · Availability: Available now
Sources: StockX's catalog (release date), GOAT's catalog (original retail) · stores checked Nov 7, 2026, 5:24 AM ET
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About the adidas Y-3 Kaiwa "Triple White"
When Y-3 released the Kaiwa in 2018, chunky soles were the dominant idea in sneakers and most brands were answering with layered, visually busy midsoles. The Kaiwa took a different route: a slim, almost sock-like upper in leather and nylon, and a single white foam unit underneath whose surface swells into rounded pods. The bulk was real but the shoe stayed light, which was the argument the design was making.
That argument depended on contrast. The debut pairs ran black upper against white sole, so the eye read two separate objects stacked together.
This version, from the opening of 2023, removes the contrast entirely. In one tone the upper and midsole merge, the pods stop reading as a separate sole unit, and what remains is a single sculpted shape. It is the same shoe by every measurement and a different object to look at, which is roughly the point of a monochrome run.
Written with AI from brand specs; facts checked against our catalog data on Sep 18, 2026.