Champion. Philanthropist. Massive scarf sensation. Style-maker to the celebs. Serge Ibaka, professional NBA basketball participant, is all this and extra. Now we are able to add attire Designer to the multi-talented Congolese ahead’s checklist, because of his capsule collaboration with Toronto-based Nobis.
Whereas Serge could have moved his basketball handle from the Toronto Raptors to outdated pal Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers, his Queen Metropolis connection stays robust with Nobis’ involvement within the assortment, dubbed Nobis X SERGE IBAKA. It’s Serge’s first foray into the design world, and for Nobis, a primary collaboration with the person they named world ambassador in 2019.
Nobis has shattered expectations with the avant-garde capsule. Senior Design Director Michael Kerr labored straight with Serge, the pair striving for what Kerr calls ‘practical magnificence’. The result’s a mixture of Nobis’ premium attire traits, adaptive layering, and hues from Ibaka’s private wardrobe.
The road brings the identical multi-faceted versatility the participant exhibits on courtroom. Every part is ‘genderless’, made to shine on women and men alike. Vibrant highlights accent delicate base tones, talking as a lot to practical visibility as to style. Every merchandise may be worn collectively in almost numerous combos or alone as a standout piece. A reversible bucket hat with an interlocking ‘SI’ brand on one facet and ‘Mafuzzy’, Serge’s trademark saying on the opposite, improve styling potentialities. You may even wash all the pieces at house. And there are scarves—giant scarves.
Ibaka himself views carrying garments extra as an artwork type, or relatively the ‘artwork of dressing’. His playful scarf ‘feud’ with younger Raptor star OG Anunoby, his offbeat and (very) adventurous cooking present that includes teammates like Pascal Siakam, his type ideas for Fred VanVleet and different Raptors, and his Paris Trend Week presence with then-teammate Russell Westbrook—all of it speaks to a deeper understanding of worldwide style, flavour, private look, and the way garments look and may make us really feel.
Michael Kerr has helped convey these qualities to life within the Nobis X SERGE IBAKA capsule, working with Serge. The thrilling new attire speaks to a worldwide, forward-thinking viewers that seeks the practical magnificence the capsule achieves. And, after all, it helps everybody flip their every day ritual of dressing into an artwork.
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