This Spring, adidas and UNDEFEATED explore uncharted territory. With a landmark collaboration launching in April 2018, the German athletics pioneer and the American streetwear powerhouse unite to create a modern vision of sport and training. Rendered in desert camouflage patterns and referencing tactical uniforms, the functional collection brings an urban edge to performance gear—blending adidas’ technical prowess and breakthrough technologies with the street-smart aesthetic codes of UNDEFEATED. “Always be moving forward, no need to look back…don’t cheat on your future with your past” says UNDEFEATED co-founder James Bond in the spirit of this new path of the partnership with adidas.
The adidas by UNDEFEATED collection will be available on April 14th worldwide.
Inspired by a thrill-seeking youth fond of excess, the “Hamptons Parano” collection by Uniforme Paris is built around a bleary, psychedelic, under the influence perception of reality.
Y-3 Spring/Summer 2019 is born from Yohji Yamamoto’s obsession with “air between the body” and adidas’ devotion to movement by engineering apparel and footwear for the human form.
For Spring/Summer 2019, Sean Suen explores the territory between the helplessness of youth and the freedom of escape, the excitement of running away and the fear that leads into hiding.
Designer Chitose Abe’s signature riff on hybrid starts by drawing on the decreasing relevance of the boundaries of season, by continuing a narrative that takes fabrics and patterns associated with one season and transposing them to another.
The Études collection for Spring/Summer 2019 evokes a conceit of soft masculinity, where the spirit of a West Coast vagabond traverses early Hip Hop’s forgotten glory.
The SS19 collection of Amiri, presented at The Théâtre National de Chaillot, was conceived with the colors of a Los Angeles sunset in mind and punctuated by primary pastel shades, representing the final procession of a sunrise.
Hed Mayner’s collections present a tension between fluid and structured pieces, influenced by traditional Jewish orthodox tailoring and military outwear.
Hernan Cano at Brave Milan styled by Lorenzo Chiara with pieces from MSGM, GCDS, Vivienne Westwood, Acne Studios, and Burberry, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
In a new phase of exploration into “the worker” aesthetic, Preston considers the assembly line with the Spring/Summer 2019 collection that is marked by recontextualization of factory issued prints, serial numbers and codes for high fashion.
