Gucci x adidas Gazelle 'Black GG Monogram'
Colorway: Core Black/Yellow/Core Black · Style code: IE2264 · Release date: March 31, 2023 · Price: $428 · Availability: Available now
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Print the monogram in black on black and it stops being a logo and becomes a texture. That is the trick on this Gazelle from the Gucci and adidas collaboration: the double-G pattern covers a Core Black canvas upper in a tone close enough to the ground that it only resolves at an angle, which makes it the most discreet version in the monogram run. Yellow does the contrast work, a single warm accent against an otherwise unbroken dark shoe, and because it has no competition it carries further than a brighter scheme would.
Everything else follows the collection's pattern: a low silhouette, serrated three stripes, dual branding on the tongue and heel tab, and a price of $850 when it went out on March 31, 2023. Black is also the most wearable base in the set, since canvas at this price is vulnerable to everything and a dark ground hides what a pale one advertises. The people who bought this one over the beige or red versions were buying the shoe rather than the announcement.