Parley x adidas Forum High 'Olive Strata'
Colorway: Olive Strata/Shadow Olive/Off White · Style code: HP2206 · Release date: April 16, 2023 · Price: $2632 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Parley x adidas Forum Mid 'White Black' (GV7616) · Parley x adidas Forum Mid 'Altered Blue' (GX6985) · Parley x adidas Forum Mid 'Off White' (GX6971)
adidas has worked with Parley for the Oceans since 2015, turning intercepted marine plastic into yarn for uppers, and this Forum High is one of the model's entries in that programme. The upper is canvas rather than leather, dyed in Olive Strata with Shadow Olive shading the overlays and Off White picking out the Three Stripes and the laces. Parley itself was founded in 2012 by Cyrill Gutsch as an environmental organisation, several years before the adidas partnership made its name familiar on footwear. This pair arrived on 16 April 2023 at 130 dollars.
The more interesting departure sits underfoot. Forums almost always run a flat rubber cupsole with an EVA wedge, but this one carries Boost, the pellet-foam midsole adidas developed for running, which changes both the ride and the stance of a shape drawn for basketball. The high-top collar keeps the adjustable strap across the ankle, and the muted olive range lets the pale midsole read as the brightest thing on the shoe. Canvas also takes tonal dyeing more evenly than leather, so the three olives blend into each other rather than sitting in hard blocks.