Nike Sportswear Holiday 09 Rivalry Collection Featuring Cassette Playa
by Eugene Kan, October 6, 2009
Nike Sportswear bring together Cassette Playa and Parra as the two creative entities link horns in the Holiday 2009 Rivalry Collection. Seen here is Cassette Playa’s rendition who was given their own fictional sports team to design and create for. The Cassette Playa Chimeras is available now at select retailers worldwide.
Nike Sportswear presents Holiday 09 Rivalry Collection
Nike Sportswear has partnered with design heavyweights Cassette Playa of London and Parra of Amsterdam, challenging them to create their own sports team. The result is a collection that delves deep into the psyche of sport and present Rivalry as its essence. Rivalry is the energy that keeps teams striving for more. It’s the challenge of facing up to your fears. It’s battling against opposition to come out on top. Rivalry is a sportsman’s driving force, thus directs the spirit of this collection.
In this tempestuous collaboration, Cassette Playa and Parra use Nike Sportwear’s iconic designs and technical apparel and remix them. The pair draws on classic collegiate layouts; adding their own trademark directional flavour. The Nike Sportswear Rivalry Collection is a tribute to the combative spirit that makes sport everlasting.
Introducing – The Cassette Playa Team – Chimeras
Set against a backdrop of 2012 apocalypse Cassette Playa’s Chimeras’ are a group to be reckoned with. Speaking of her team Cassette Playa describes them as ‘Mutant fusions of Earth creatures, the chimeras are fearless and dedicated to winning. Rivals with other surviving Earth creatures, but also their own enemy, they have a two sided brain that competes against itself, caught in an infinite internal battle.’
A wash of radioactive acid greens, fluro-oranges, fuschias and blues the Chimeras team colours are an assault on your senses. In teams of three, Chimeras are vicious little mutants that play hard.
Introducing the Nike Sportswear Rivalry collection
Both Cassette Playa and Parra draw on three iconic Nike Sportswear garments for the design technology that will drive their team to pursue success in battle. The NSW Collection Stadium Jacket forms a mighty focal point with both Parra and Cassette Playa’s jackets constructed from a Melton wool body with Thermore® fill for maximum warmth. Premium leather sleeves, and an innovative Dri-FIT lining point to Nike Sportswear’s expert heritage to which Cassette Playa and Parra have stamped their trademark subversive styles. Both team versions of this jacket feature hand-made chenille patches, paired with high quality embroidery and removable graphic pins. The Chimera and Lovely Loner Stadium Jacket is available in both a men’s and women’s cut.
True to Nike Sportswear’s design ethos of making things better, the classic satin Nike Sportswear Destroyer jacket is transformed through innovation to become a fully functional and technical piece, while keeping all of its classic appearance. Complete with Thermore® fill Dri-FIT liner, that helps wick moisture away from the body this jacket keep you at optimum temperature. By adding licks of colour and witty slogans, the Destroyer Jacket with its 2-layer water repellent satin construction becomes the obvious choice for Cassette Playa and Parra’s high performing teams.
A Nike Sportswear Tee supports the Rivalry collection. Both Cassette Playa and Parra Tees are available in a men’s and women’s cut. The collection is completed with a classic Nike snapback baseball cap from each designer.
love the Parra concept, but really not feeling this one…
for all you beast..have fun with this one.
What the hell seriously!!!!
What is this crap? what is Nike doing? just jumping on what ever they can find no matter how dead it is! ITS DEAD DEAD…… DEAD!!!!
see….i knew there was a way to rock this jacket
you have to think pretty….out there to do it
but its possible
not bad at all
a lot of people wont embrace the look
cuz its so strange
but i still see the potential in the jacket
don’t wear those sweat pants to the strip club son!
ha, man what’s going on out there? shit’s getting real jerk like. ToysRus x Nike x playskool x new boyz x cool kids x gaga x crayola x hahahah, jk
keep up the good work.
Carri just got tacki!
She always managed to keep a fine line, becuase she help pioneer the fluro movement but this is just tacky, the sword on the pants is the worst, Ed Hardy x Cassette Playa.
hahaha who would wear those jeans.
what sneaker, or are they denim style dunks, they are wearing , the dark blue, with orange accents, are they dunks, can sumone identify them please
varsity jacket is nice
hats are nice
thats bout it.
Kris Kross will make you jump, jump!
mishka much?
too raw.
copcopcop, cassettes ftw.
Seriously? You have a damn sword on your pants.
Colours are cool, but the designs and the text sucks…
ur not supposed to wear everything together, its a lookbook, with that said, i still personally wud only wear the black varsity
This is indeed ‘corny’, but very unusual for Nike. Whether or not that’s a good thing, who knows?
fuck, nike come on
Very unique and creative. Looks like Bape on acid.
Is anybody wearing it though or is it just for hype?
Looks like toddlers playing dress up..but, very creative
Haha these shots are craze beyond craze. Could never wear any of this but at least it’s creative and interesting.
love the way those colors pop.
thats some wild shit allright
Umm, Not sure about this stuff,Pretty Wack, i thought the New Rave was over!
come on Carri get with the program, i thought you were meant to be cutting edge, this stuff isn’t cutting much Luv.
i like some of the pieces but overall it looks like childrens clothes. dudes need to start dressing their age and not like 12yr olds.
corniest shit i’ve seen in a while
Too loud not my cup of tee at all