sivasdescalzo x adidas Forum 84 Hi 'Voodoo Dance Club'
Colorway: Off White/Orbit Grey/Ecru Tint · Style code: GZ8976 · Release date: December 19, 2020 · Price: $412 · Availability: Available now
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sivasdescalzo is a Barcelona sneaker specialist, and its Forum 84 Hi arrived on 19 December 2020 at 130 dollars in a run of 300 pairs. The upper is off-white leather with Orbit Grey shading through the overlays and an Ecru Tint warmth in the sole, a restrained scheme that leaves the high-top looking closer to an eighties original than to a modern colour experiment. Every pair ships with its own ID card and a QR code, which opens access to the Voodoo Club, a Barcelona collective built around avant-garde African music.
That second half is the actual point of the project: the shoe is a membership token as much as footwear. The 84 designation refers to the year adidas launched the model for basketball, and the Hi keeps the full-height collar and the adjustable ankle strap that defined it. Leather, rather than the synthetics adidas uses on cheaper tiers, is what lets the off-white age into something warmer over time, and the Ecru Tint sole is already a step in that direction out of the box. Small numbers, a physical card and a music club are an unusual set of deliverables for a 130 dollar sneaker, and they are why this release is remembered well past its colourway.