On Sunday, Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing revealed he had something in the works with NikeLab. Just 24 hours after the French designer teased the upcoming collaboration, Nike has officially unveiled the NikeLab x Olivier Rousteing: Football Nouveau collection.
"Fashion is usually about the catwalk and the glamour, but with Nike it was about performance and the athletes," Rousteing said in a press release. "What I love about this collection is that we are integrating the iconic style of football into sport style."
The collection of sportswear was inspired by the Balmain creative director's childhood love for European football and the lives of the professional players who will be participating in Europe's biggest championship this summer. Rousteing reimagines iconic football designs to create a selection of modern silhouettes for men and women with luxury finishes like touches of gold, "the color of champions.