The new Adidas Originals collection that's not for grown ups...

No Debutante is actually jealous of the latest Mini Rodini X Adidas Originals collection as it's just for kids! Yeah, it features bold and bright colours on a contrasting white background with snakes and cactus prints, the styling is proper retro and the colours are amaze. 

This playful mini collection is the fourth collaboration from the sustainable Swedish children's wear designers Mini Rodini and sportswear giants Adidas and features a tracksuit, jumpsuit, swimsuit, tees and even a pair of cactus print Gazelles, never have you wanted to be under six years old again as much as you do when you see this collection. Even the kids look cooler than you! Boom! Make it in adult sizes pleeeeeease????! 

All images courtesy of Adidas Originals


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Sports Nostalgia

As you know I am a fan of sportswear or rather I am a fan of sportsluxe, streetstyle sportswear mixed with unconventional fashion garments. A 1970s Adidas Classic t-shirt worn with a 1950s circle skirt, Northern Soul stylee or Sports Goth'd up with a long black maxi skirt and American Apparel sports socks. Whatever happens you won't find No Debutante in a full on tracksuit and trainers ensemble, although if Lazy Oafs designed one....???? Never say never!

Today's post is about sports styling from the 1970s and 80s, I wore these bold graphic printed skinny sports zip up jackets and Adidas style tops and silky short shorts as a little kid (I was a child of the 80s) and then had a bit of a nostalgia moment with it as a teenager in the 1990s indie / Brit pop years circa 93-95 with the return of the Adidas classics and low top trainers like Puma States and Adidas Gazelles. I had a few years off the Old School sports style (as it was known in the fashion magazines of the time) but now I am all over it after finding all of my old hoarded 90s clothes in the loft at the beginning of the year and unveiling many Adidas Classic gems - keep hoarding people it pays off!!! I have a 'My Nineties wardrobe' post that will follow this blog post, I have been holding it back for a while for no good reason but it shall be revealed over the next week or so. Those who follow me on Instagram can find a few images from the shoot on the No Debutante Instagallery

It is not just me that has fallen back in love with Retro Sports as I browse through endless collections and Pinterest I realised I have ended up with a load of blog worthy images to share featuring bright coloured vintage Adidas t-shirts and jackets from 'My Nineties Wardrobe' plus a few images of my Pharrell Williams X Adidas tops purchased from Urban Outfitters. There are so much reworked unisex Adidas Classics currently available at Urban Outfitters they really have got it and run with it this year!
Chloe's SS 2016 collection has an array of vintage inspired sports zips up and contrast trim vests which look great (and very up No Debutante's street) worn with flowing grunge maxi skirts.
Fred Perry has brought it's '80s Casuals' inspired styling back with two tone graphic skinny zip up jackets and towelling graphic stripe polo shirts which I just love!
Topman had a brief encounter with retro sports with it's Northern Soul inspired AW15 menswear range which unfortunately is not reflected in it's High Street stores this season.
I had to include images from the Anya Hindemarch SS 2016 collection. I fell in love with it instantly, it was the Gym club inspired graphic print leotards that caught my eye and take me back to the days of school gym clubs and Majorettes during the 1980s where the two tone graphic leotard was the item of choice! I want them all!! 
Lastly, I had to share the mens footwear image sourced from the brilliant Fashiongrunge blog, No Debutante loves the low top vans, white long sports socks and half mast wide leg jeans, a look that will scare many but is a nostalgic nineties dream to me!

  My Adidas Original

 Chloe SS 2016

 Fred Perry AW 2015

 My Adidas Originals Kids jacket

 Adidas Originals at Urban Outfitters & Topmans AW 15 Northern Soul collection

 Anya Hindemarch SS 2016

 Pharrell Williams X Adidas

All images courtesy of No Debutante, Fashiongrunge.com, urbanoutfitters.com, fredperry.com, anyahindemarch.com, vogue.com, blog.urbanoutfitters.co.uk, instagram.com/toni_fys, pinterest.com/nodebutante/

Apologies if I have missed anybody out, give me a nudge and I will be happy to add a credit for your image! 

 

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Sportsluxe Superstars

Following the last post on the way No Debutante wears Sportsluxe, I stumbled across a post on the British Vogue website from February this year. I was attracted by the bright colours,the contemporary graphics similar to those all over the Lazy Oafs and The White Pepper blogs and clothing, the photo shoot styling and of course the sportsluxe inspiration.

 Let me define what Sportsluxe means for me personally, it doesn't mean sportswear covered in bling or made out of luxurious fabrics, for me it is a contemporary take on sportswear, its casual but its high fashion mixing bold graphic prints, colour and sportswear inspired fabrics updating traditional sportswear pieces into a street style look which can be dressed up or down. Although Stella McCartney creates functional sportswear items too, I am only focusing on the fashion side today. 

The post in question was featured in the Miss Vogue / Fashion / Lookbook section on the Vogue website under the title Stella Sport Zine. The gallery of images which followed were part of a Fanzine style collaboration between London's cool girl Zine Queen Lotte Andersen and Adidas to create an inspiring zine for their Stella Sport range. I was instantly attracted by the bold fanzine cut and paste graphics,  the colour, the sportsluxe styling and the mates as models photo shoot.

Teen Vogue named it 'A celebration of all things girl power, injecting a new energy into young women and sport'  I'm not sure about girl power, it all sounds a bit Spice Girls to me, I'm more of a Riot Grrrl and whats this about young women eh? Maybe I shouldn't look too far into it since it was an article in Teen Vogue! Nevertheless, I loved the whole fanzine look and of course the sportsluxe itself, it's an inspiring shoot and makes me want to design a fanzine today... If only I had the time...Here come my favourite images from the StellaSport Zine plus some more sportsluxe gems to follow!

 

I have also been collecting Sportsluxe images on Pinterest after recently discovering the Pharrell Williams / Bae Mette / Adidas Originals collaboration in Urban Outfitters. I was immediately attracted to it by the large Polka dots and the Original Adidas logo emblazoned across the front of the vests and crop tops, with matching skater skirts, sports shorts and jogger pants. I have loved Adidas Originals since I was a little kids and had an affair with it during the 90s old school Brit Pop era with charity shop finds of the original 70s /80s jackets and skinny tees. I am not to keen on the styling here I think they need a No Debutante X Adidas styling collaboration to clash things up a bit, you know where I am Adidas! I am so buying myself a piece from this, actually reasonably priced, range as soon as I get paid! Here are my favourites from the Collection....Now what to buy, the mesh vest, oversized t-shirt or a crop top?????

 All clothing from Adidas StellaSport & Adidas Originals X Pharrell Dear Baes Superstar

All images courtesy of vogue.co.uk, Lotte Andersen X Adidas, Adidas.co.uk & urbanoutfitters.com

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