After months of anticipation, the NBA’s lifestyle partner Canada Goose launches its latest collaborative capsule with trailblazing designer Salehe Bembury. The arrival of the limited-edition collection celebrates 75 years of the basketball league and its annual All-Star exhibition.
The second installment in Canada Goose’s ongoing NBA partnership – which follows the first collaboration with designer Rhude – sees Bembury curate and interpret four winter-focused garments. While the collection abides by Bembury’s core nature-inspired design principles, it’s the designer’s early memories of ’90s basketball that act as its key reference.
Channeling the experimental and bold spirit of the decade, Bembury remodels the Expedition Parka, Concord Fleece, Signal Vest and Tundra Bib. Though designed for the harshest of climates, the oversized cut and padded casing of the iconic Expedition Parka is starkly reminiscent of ’90s outerwear trends.
On the Tundra Bib Overall, Bembury introduces a sheer material with a chunky quilted pattern. Accented with thick black straps and visible zips, the piece is striking yet true to Canada Goose’s functional ethos. Layerable pieces are supplemented in the collection with the Signal Vest and Concord Fleece. Mottled in Bembury’s trademark thumbprint pattern, the Concord Fleece is the collection’s playfully designed piece but with a deep color palette, allows for mix and matching with the accompanying Signal Vest.
For the launch, director Foster Huntington shoots a stop motion animation that tells the story of a cartoonized Bembury taking part in three different outdoor activities adorned in the capsule collection. The video emphasizes the versatility and in-built functionality across the collection but also chimes into Canada Goose’s Play in the Open campaign.
The Canada Goose & NBA Collection in collaboration with Salehe Bembury is available to shop now from Canada Goose’s website, London and Paris retail stores, and exclusive European wholesale partner END.
Social Status opts for an interesting take on the launch of its special edition Nike(NYSE:NKE -5.14%) Air Max Penny 1, following last year’s release of the Dunk Mid in a swirl of “Chocolate Milk” and “Strawberry Milk” colorways.
While this latest offering is fixed with muted uppers as a white base peeps out from under mellow taupe overlays, hints of black detail the shoe from the lateral piping, tongue, pull tab and heel cap. To add an eccentric flair, the joint effort showcases interchangeable velcro Swooshes in five different colors and textures to represent multiple sports such as baseball, basketball, football, tennis and golf. Detachable Swooshes seem to be a highlighted trend for 2022 as the upcoming Gnarhunters x SB Dunk Low utilizes the same embellishment with an all-black outfit. The pair also comes with an extra set of laces along with co-branded insoles. The midsole is molded in the nominal creamy hue over a white rubber outsole to finish off the design.
Look out for the upcoming Social Status x Nike Air Max Penny 1 to release in the coming months through Social Status’s website and possibly via Nike as well.
Elsewhere in footwear, the Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 by Virgil Abloh sneaker is currently going for $90,000 USD.
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