![]() Ath-lifestyle? Workleisure? Lifewear? We’ll athworkshop it. ![]() Major fashion trends-from women wearing pants to denim and wristwatches-have been influenced more by wars and times of crisis than by fashion weeks in NYC or Milan. On the other end of the spectrum, will our work-from-home wardrobes cut it at the office once lockdowns are lifted? History suggests it will, as does Off-White’s most recent collection. UA offers one of the oddest combos yet: “performance sleepwear” that claims to absorb “infrared wavelengths emitted by the body” and “reflect back far infrared energy, helping the body recover.” Everlane is chasing them with $58 performance leggings. Outdoor Voices sells “aspirational realness” with its $95 leggings. 3 of 12Īs athleisure becomes more leisurely, actual athletes adorn themselves with ever more technologically sophisticated materials, following the path of more fitness-oriented brands like Under Armour and Lululemon. And Champion has too, collaborating with Supreme, Rick Owens, Todd Snyder, Hebru Brantley, and many others. Major fashion houses, such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Balenciaga, have taken note. The result is often much more expensive than a classic pair of gray Champions, but is still a lower-price entry into luxury brands for consumers less interested in craftsmanship or legacy than brand and label. Crossover companies like Supreme and Louis Vuitton creative director Virgil Abloh’s Off-White mixed in high-fashion sophistication and exclusivity. ![]() “The casualization of fashion set a tone in which men and women could acceptably be dressed in this way,” fashion historian Shaun Cole explains to MEL Magazine.Īt the same time, hip-hop artists, inspired in part by breakdancing, broke out the gym clothes, especially the slightly more dressy tracksuit. The rise of workout videos featuring fashionable leggings and colorful tops, as well as the prevalence of at-home sedentary activities like video games and cable, put more people in loungewear, more often. Sweatpants began to make a similar transition in the 1980s. Historian Patricia Campbell Warner traces the bulk of contemporary American women’s clothing, including sweaters and slacks, to the embrace of athleticism at women’s colleges at the turn of the 20th century (pdf). “In fact, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that all modern fashion is athleisure.” As Thompson points out, the names “sport coat” and “polo shirt” clue us in to their origins of those items. “There is nothing sudden about the influence of sports on the way Americans dress,” Derek Thompson writes in the Atlantic. ![]() The moment when sports gear became fashion can be traced back to the creation of the tennis shoe in the late 19th century. ![]()
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