adidas' growing arsenal of dressy hybrid sneakers just keeps expanding. The adidas Forum SQ sneaker is perhaps one of the most earnest reflections of what constitutes a hybrid shoe.

With its squared toe, sculptural outsole, and leather upper, the Forum SQ intercalates the cubed charm of an office shoe with the sporty allure of a classic adidas sneaker.

The Three Stripes first unleashed the Forum SQ sneaker in

2025, a corporate retooling of Jacques Chassaing's original adidas Forum sneaker that released in 1984.

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Aside from the crossbreeding of it all, the adidas Forum SQ sneaker does borrow from the established design language circulating the angular shoe ether. In particular, it strikes a similar chord to the equally conceptual Nike Shox Mule that Martine Rose blessed us with back in 2022.

As far as weird hybrid sneakers are concerned, the chopped-off Nike Shox was one of the first dominoes to drop in what would come to be a delightfully peculiar series of mixed-and-mingled sneakers. For adidas' part, the Three Stripes has done many a hybrid sneaker.

In fact, it's released multiple colorways of the Forum SQ itself, including nude, navy, and now a stunning silver iteration that retails for $140.

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