NikeLab x Sacai

Sport designer collaborations are becoming huge targets for sportswear giants, Nike has worked with Riccardo Tisci and Pedro Lourenço, while Adidas has been collaborating with Rick Owens, Raf Simons and most recently Kanye West, and now Nike is adding a new partnership with Japanese designer label Sacai, founded by Comme des Garcons alumna Chitose Abe.

Launching globally on March 19, the NikeLab x Sacai collection for women sees Sacai redesigning Nike’s classic models into new silhouettes aimed at redefining sport styles covering everything from running to tennis.

The eight-piece collection blends Nike’s iconic sports look with the designer’s vision of a feminine, modern edge, and features tops, outerwear, and trousers, as well as a sport skirt and a tech fleece dress. The collection will also include a totally new version of the Nike Air Max trainer.

“I’ve always been inspired by classics,” Abe said. “Working with traditional silhouettes and ideas that often come from utility or performance-based sportswear, I’m interested in creating new hybrids that combine different fabrics and shapes to create an unexpected yet wearable result.”

Sacai was founded in Tokyo in 1998 and has been come renowned for its signature style defined by fluid reinventions of traditional silhouettes.

NikeLab x Sacai will be available at NikeLab locations in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai and on nike.com/NikeLab in North America, Western Europe, Japan and China. Select stores around the world, like Dover Street Market and Colette, will also carry the trainers as well.

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