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, 2015FashionNewsTextJosephine PlattSacai 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.READ MORE BurberryKate Moss, Little Simz, and more celebrate 170 years of BurberryIn pictures: David Luraschi captures model of the moment, Serkan Deniz GANNIGANNI is yearning for a dreamy summer – and so are we FILAFrom track to concrete: Fila reimagines sportswear in the city for AW26Behind the scenes at Zomer and La Watchparty’s AW26 runwayLove machine: When robot HMND Alpha met model Angelina KendallSaint Laurent AW26 paid tribute to the iconic Le Smoking jacketDior AW26: Jonathan Anderson invites us to his (lily) pad Hodakova AW26 wants us to take a long, hard look in the mirrorPerfection and chaos collided at Vaquera’s AW26 showAre you ready for the return of the ‘everyday tiara’?Meryll Rogge takes Marni: ‘I need to make sure I don’t fuck it up’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