Style of our youth

Louis Vuitton’s artistic director of menswear Kim Jones is a self-confessed trainer addict. In a recent interview, the designer admitted to owning between 500 and 600 pairs of Nike trainers, which he has been collecting since he was a teenager.

Thanks to the growing trend for luxury fashion and streetwear collaborations, Jones was recently invited to collaborate on a new range, inspired by the products he obsessed over as a youth.

‘I thought: ‘What would these Nike items that I loved when I was a teenager be in 2016?’ That was a nice way of looking at it. It was important to add some personality,’ Jones told iD magazine.

The result is a collection of functional, lightweight sportswear, including windbreaker jackets, shorts and a pair of trainers featuring fluorescent tones that reference the colour palettes of early Air Max shoes.