Lace, tulle, and three stripes converge in a collaboration that turns athletic codes into something intimate, tactile, and sharply imagined.
Simone Rocha and Adidas Originals meet in Fall 2026 at the exact point where performance becomes emotion: the everyday gestures of getting dressed, lacing up, moving through the city, carrying your softness like armour.
On the runway, sportswear arrives with Rocha’s signature sense of ceremony. Track silhouettes keep their recognisable structure, yet they pick up the designer’s language of volume, texture, and ornament. The result feels deliberate and wearable, with a charge that comes from contrast rather than novelty.
Classic athletic pieces shift in proportion and attitude. A track jacket reads like outerwear with intention, shaped through sculptural sleeves and carefully placed trims. Technical tops take on a different rhythm once edges start to flutter, once the body is framed with the kind of detail Rocha usually reserves for evening and occasion dressing.
Footwear becomes the collaboration’s sharpest statement. Sneakers lean toward the delicacy of ballet, where ribbons replace standard laces and embellishment lands with precision. They keep the promise of movement while carrying the visual weight of an object you would want to keep, not just wear out.
What makes this partnership land is how clearly both sides show up. Adidas brings cultural memory and a functional backbone. Rocha brings a romantic tension that never drifts into costume. Together they propose a wardrobe that can live in daylight, but still feels charged, like it has a private story running underneath.
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