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Trends come and go—personally, we’re ready to say goodbye to Y2K forever—but athleisure has been around for as long as sports have. The general essence of the look is casual and comfortable, but in recent years high fashion has adopted and adapted it in any number of ways. We traced the trend from 2016—that’s how long ago the Fenty x Puma collab was—to today.
See below for the evolution of athleisure from 2016 to today.
The hottest stripe to have in 2022 are Adidas, be they from the Gucci, Balenciaga, or Wales Bonner collaborations.
Twenty-twenty-one became the year of the bike short when Gen Z started lifting from Princess Diana’s 1990s off-duty playbook.
It was mid-pandemic, and street stylers weren’t quite ready to let go of their sweatpants, even as they headed back out into the world for socially distanced shows.
With the World Cup in action, designers like Martine Rose and Koché’s Christelle Kocher made the most of it, adding on-pitch elements to their runway collections. Street stylers followed suit.
Street stylers channeled their inner Rihannas back in 2016, pairing oversized hoodies with trendy knee-highs.
