Indigo Herz x adidas Forum Low CL 'Into the Metaverse'
Colorway: Cloud White/Halo Blue/Solar Yellow · Style code: IE1855 · Release date: April 27, 2023 · Price: $93 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Indigo Herz x adidas Superstar 'Into the Metaverse' (IE1842) · Indigo Herz x adidas NMD_R1 'Into the Metaverse - Black' (IE1844) · Indigo Herz x adidas NMD_R1 'Into the Metaverse - Halo Blue' (IE1843)
Cordura is the headline material, a high-tenacity nylon developed for packs and workwear rather than sneakers, and it gives the upper a ribbed technical texture no leather Forum has. Cloud White forms the base, Halo Blue cools the overlays and Solar Yellow supplies a single hot accent, a palette that belongs more to outdoor equipment than to a basketball shoe from 1984. The theme, developed with Indigo Herz, is carried by that material choice as much as by any graphic.
The CL designation means the ankle strap is gone. On a shoe as recognisable as the Forum that is a significant edit, and it leaves the quarter panel open, which here is exactly what a textured technical fabric needs. The cupsole is unchanged, keeping the wedge heel and the same footprint as the leather versions. It released on 27 April 2023 at 110 dollars. Cordura also behaves differently over time than leather: it abrades rather than creases, so the shoe ages by fraying at the stress points instead of folding at the toe.