Fashion / NewsThe Japanese brand still shaking up sportswearsacai – the brainchild brand of Rei Kawakubo protégé Chitose Abe – drop their second collab with NikeShareLink copied ✔️June 11, 2015FashionNewsText Josephine Platt Sacai x NikeLab Back in March, an abandoned north London amphitheatre provided the backdrop for a troupe of dancers to swing and contort in an explosive perfomance of street and ballet, choreographed by FKA twigs collaborator Ryan Heffington. It was all in celebration of a new collaboration between Nike and Japanese innovators sacai, the brainchild of Chitose Abe, who got her start in fashion at the avant-garde Japanese design houses Comme des Garçons and Junya Watanabe. Now sacai and Nike are back for part two with a summer collection fronted by Dazed cover star and Tennessee tomboy Binx Walton. For the cult brand that sets out to create "empowering clothes without the power-suit,” teaming up with Nike means the designer gets to put a girl power twist on iconic sport silhouettes, using sacai’s signature paneling and pleating to reinventing archive athletic pieces. “There is boldness to the colour that feels very true to the world of sportswear, yet it is a feminine, playful palette that feels authentic to sacai,” Abe says. "I was inspired by the palette that I saw in the Nike archives and looked at expressing it in a new way.” The NikeLab x sacai summer collection launches globally at nike.com/NikeLab and in select NikeLab stores on June 11. NikeLab x sacai summer collectionEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingAnd Love Comes in at the Eye: Passionate portraits from Tom Wood’s archiveThe beloved photographer’s latest book brings together shots of amorous late-night encounters in the nightclubs of Merseyside in the 1980sArt & PhotographyFashionThese photos capture clandestine moments at iconic fashion showsPull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisMusicDaughter From Hell: The 5 best tracks on Gracie Abrams’ new albumBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?Beauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureWhy the smartest person you know is watching Love Island NothingMusicNothing launches ‘Club Nothing’ nightlife series with a global fundLife & CultureIs this the most corrupt World Cup ever?Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy