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#NIKE RUNNING/Jun Takahashi GYAKUSOU Holiday Collection 2014

Mirroring Jun Takahashi’s progressively more serious approach to running, this collection exponentially combines top Nike Running and Research Lab innovations with the designer’s athletic insights — insights that could only come from a Tokyo runner and only from a designer of Takahashi’s rare caliber. The results—which were rigorously tested by Takahashi and his GIRA running crew—signify a revolutionary rethinking of the modern running uniform. This same forward-looking concept of mutation and evolution also infuses the men's and women’s Engineered Sleeve Composite Jacket . Instead of using a single fabric to form the outerwear layer, the unlined jacket takes into account the multifaceted needs of the resolute runner and incorporates the multiple materials required to meet them. The body of the garment is constructed of a composite Storm-FIT that provides weather protection, whereas the sleeves and neck are formed from an ...

NIKE X UNDERCOVER GYAKUSOU Spring 2014

NIKE X UNDERCOVER GYAKUSOU SPRING 2014 COLLECTION Jun Takahashi taps the struggle between body and mind as inspiration for latest Gyakusou  running collection. A Collaboration Continued: The Nike Tight of the Moment- Jun Takahashi knows running is a battle between two opposite emotions. To him running is a struggle between joy and agony, elation and exhaustion, persistence and surrender. It is a crusade waged by both the body and the mind. The Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Spring 2014 Collection visually articulates this yin-yang with contrasting colors and materials. It also employs the latest performance running innovations, including Nike Sweat Map ventilation, to give runners an edge against adversity. Working closely with Nike’s Apparel Innovation Design Team, Takahashi is exposed to the latest advanced technologies informed by body-led research. Taking thermal body mapping—a diagnostic technique that charts changes in ...

NIKE X UNDERCOVER GYAKUSOU HOLIDAY 2013

Lunarglide 5 Take an avid distance runner (Jun Takahashi) who also happens to be a textiles master and a Tokyo based designer---and Nike's Advance Innovation Team outta Beaverton Oregon,   ... the results are the Nike X Undercover Gyakusou apparel and footwear collection sporting trendy, neutral toned- monochrome shades + subtle  color blocking=  that lend itself to a "restrained 3D effect"... Lunarglide 5--in several color waves - and winter appropriate (via techy fabrics like moisture wicking  Dri-Fit, and thermal toasty 800 down-fill etc)  separates embedded with layer-on friendly functionality... =ideal for winter running-and runners in colder climes. Lunarspider 3 in several color waves   Aeroloft Vest -with 800 Down Fill Men's Thermal Jacket  Men's Dri-FIT Thermal Top Long Tights-non-chaffing seams placed to move women's down fill vest  women's hooded   Softshell...