Indigo Herz x adidas NMD_R1 'Into the Metaverse - Halo Blue'
Colorway: Halo Blue/Halo Blue/Cloud White · Style code: IE1843 · Release date: April 27, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Indigo Herz x adidas Superstar 'Into the Metaverse' (IE1842) · Indigo Herz x adidas Forum Low CL 'Into the Metaverse' (IE1855) · Indigo Herz x adidas NMD_R1 'Into the Metaverse - Black' (IE1844)
Into the Metaverse was the adidas programme that tied physical product to digital collectibles, and this is one of the pairs released through it, carried out with Indigo Herz. The physical shoe keeps its colour scheme deliberately simple, so the release reads as a single object rather than as a graphics exercise.
Halo Blue is a pale, chalky blue that adidas has used across several lines, and it fills the textile upper here from toe to collar, with the Three Stripes welded on tonally rather than picked out in a second colour. Cloud White handles the full-length Boost midsole below, giving the blue a bright base and keeping the two halves of the shoe clearly separate. The inserts moulded into the foam sidewall stay pale as well. At $160 on April 27, 2023 it sat above the standard knit pricing of that year, with the premium attached to the collaboration rather than to any change in construction. A rubber outsole finishes it.