High fashion and sport go together something like sweet and savoury: not obvious to those unfamiliar, but beloved upon tasting. It is in a brilliant move, then, that Nike’s experimental arm NikeLab tapped into the talents of Balmain, the French fashion house that is going through something of a revival thanks to creative director Olivier Rousteing. What resulted is NikeLab x Olivier Rousteing: Football Nouveau, a well-manicured collection of four shoes, a shirt, and a jacket. Pictured is the NikeLab N98 Jacket x Olivier Rousteing, available for both men and women and embellished with succulent gold framing. Say a happy goodbye to athleisure and a warm hello to athluxury.
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