Adidas Gazelle Navy

Released on 15 October 2019 and part of adidas's Gazelle line. This release has a suede upper in Collegiate Navy/White/Gold Metallic. Navy is the Gazelle at its most useful. A suede training shoe with the Three Stripes running the full flank, no shell toe and no padding to speak of, rendered in a colour that behaves as a neutral in almost every wardrobe. The Gazelle's appeal has always been that it looks like nothing in particular, which is the hardest thing for a sportswear company to sell. adidas comes from a very literal tradition, Adolf Dassler making purpose built shoes in Herzogenaurach for individual events, and the Gazelle is what that tradition looks like once the event is gone and only the proportions remain.