Pharrell x adidas NMD Human Race Trail 'Friends and Family'
Colorway: Black/Multi-Color · Style code: CP9596 · Release date: August 2018 · Price: $1647 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Adidas NMD Hu Pharrell Complexland Sneakers (GY0089) · Adidas NMD Hu Pharrell NERD Sneakers (EE6297) · Pharrell x adidas NMD Human Race 'Pink' (GY0088) · Pharrell x adidas NMD Human Race 'Black' (GY0093) · Pharrell x adidas NMD Human Race 'Green' (BB0620)
Friends and Family pairs usually differ from the retail version by a colour; this one differs by where the colour sits. The upper is plain black mesh, and everything expressive has been pushed into the details: 'Breathe' and 'Walk' embroidered across the toes in multicoloured thread rather than a single tone, reflective laces and heel tabs, and a marbled multicolour treatment on the rubber panel at the arch that only shows when the shoe is lifted. It is the inverse of the bright pairs from the same programme, which put everything on the surface. The shoe underneath is the trail reading of the NMD: a stretch knit sock inside a caged lace panel, sitting on Boost foam with a lugged outsole. Pharrell Williams's work with adidas has run since 2014, and the Hu line is the part of it where the message is stitched into the shoe rather than printed on the box. This version was never sold, reaching only the designer's own circle in 2018.