Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Forum Low 'Black Tech Mineral'
Colorway: Core Black/Off White/Tech Mineral · Style code: GY6476 · Release date: January 14, 2022 · Price: $36 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Exhibit A 'Black Gold' (GY0993) · Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Exhibit A 'Grey Gold' (GY0992) · Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Exhibit A 'Tennessee Orange' (GY0994) · Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Exhibit A 'Cloud White' (GW3837) · Candace Parker x adidas Wmns Exhibit B Mid 'Can Do!' (GZ9565)
Candace Parker has been an adidas athlete since the Los Angeles Sparks drafted her in 2008, the same year she won her first WNBA MVP award; a second followed in 2013, and she finished her playing career with championship rings from three different franchises. Her Forum Low, released on 14 January 2022 at 110 dollars in women's sizing, is a quiet piece of that partnership rather than a performance shoe. The upper is core black leather, cut in the standard low-top panels, with off-white serrated Three Stripes laid across the quarter.
Tech Mineral, a soft grey-green blue, supplies the only cool tone, and it is used sparingly enough that the pair still functions as an everyday black sneaker. The off-white also runs through the lace loops and the cupsole sidewall, which ages the shoe slightly rather than leaving it stark. adidas built the Forum for basketball in 1984, so putting a basketball player's name on the low-top is less of a stretch than most lifestyle collaborations of the period. The adjustable strap stays, anchored through the X-shaped overlay the silhouette has carried from the start, and a pull tab at the heel keeps entry simple.