Adidas Gazelle 85 Clear Sky

Released on 15 June 2023 and part of adidas's Gazelle line. This release has a suede upper in Clear Sky/Cloud White/Gold Metallic. Clear Sky is a pale, washed blue, and the Gazelle 85 is the version of the silhouette that wears a date in its name. The 85 marks it as the mid eighties proportion, which sits between the earlier slimmer cuts and the modern reissues, and it is the build people reach for when they want the shoe to look like it came out of an archive rather than off a current shelf. It carries the Trefoil, three leaves over three stripes, designed in 1971 and launched for the 1972 Munich Olympics, which was the only adidas logo until the three angled bars arrived in 1997. A soft sky blue on that shape reads faded rather than bright, which is exactly the intent. Style code IG5003.