Bad Bunny x adidas Forum Buckle Low 'Easter Egg'
Colorway: Icey Pink/Blush/Trace Pink · Style code: GW0265 · Release date: April 4, 2021 · Price: $350 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas Originals X Bad Bunny Gazelle Indoor (KI2592) · Adidas Badbo 11 Bad Bunny (LC5466) · Adidas Badbo 10 Bad Bunny (LB5996) · Adidas Originals Bad Bunny F50 Ghost Sprint (HP4218) · Adidas Originals X Bad Bunny Ballerina (KI7916)
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio began working with adidas in March 2021, and this pastel release followed his debut Forum by less than a month, landing on Easter Sunday, 4 April 2021, at 160 dollars. The palette is three shades of pink: Icey Pink across the body, Blush on the overlays and Trace Pink in the smaller trims, worked in a mix of leather and suede so the tones sit at slightly different depths. Coral warmth keeps the whole thing from going cold.
The Buckle Low is the Puerto Rican artist's structural change to the model. Instead of the standard hook-and-loop closure, an adjustable buckled strap crosses the ankle, and the shoe carries two tongues stacked on top of each other, both stamped with his third-eye logo. The cupsole keeps the Forum's shape, but the sidewalls are semi-translucent, so the pastel above bleeds slightly into the sole line. This was the version that convinced most people the partnership was not a one-off, and the double-tongue detail carried through to every Forum he touched afterwards.