Adidas Sl72 Core Black Cream White

Part of the SL72 line. This release has a suede upper in Core Black/Cream White/Gum. The number in the name points at the year, and 1972 was a significant one for adidas: the Trefoil, designed in 1971, launched for the Munich Olympics and went on to carry the brand until 1997 before becoming the mark of adidas Originals. The SL 72 belongs to that period of running design, a light, narrow, sharply pointed shape from before running shoes became engineering projects. Core Black with Cream White is the version that reads most like an archive pull: dark body, off-white sole and trim, nothing bright anywhere. It is the opposite proposition to a modern adizero, and that is the appeal.