That expansive notion was echoed, too, in the I’ll always be your biggest fan shirt in addition I really love this latest iteration of Wales Bonner’s Adidas collaboration—a partnership that has recently taken fashion by storm. “I was trying to imagine a fictional university that is a lot more multicultural,” she said of its new evolution. “Maybe what their team kits for a track program might look like.” Referring to “the origins of sportswear—when it was made in a beautiful, crafty way which feels almost tailored,” Wales Bonner leaned into Adidas’ technical resources to revive specific fabrications like ’60s jerseys and lived-in wools “to make things feel authentic,” she said. A T-shirt printed with the emblem for “Wales Bonner Adidas Originals Literary Academy” offered a tongue-in-cheek nod to the extensive footnotes which typically accompany each of the designer’s collections. But what has been proven by the sell-out success of her tracksuits and trainers is that, even without related reading, there is something uniquely compelling about Wales Bonner’s designs: the heavy-duty weight of her research injects something intangibly compelling into her clothes. The collaboration—more directly commercial than the rest of her output—“offers the opportunity to share my message a lot further,” she said. “And I feel excited that people respond to the way I approach things, the specificity; that people understand.” She continued, “Right now, I feel optimistic. There are good things happening, creatively and collectively. I think that, going forward, there’s going to be more space for a lot of people; that people are recognizing it’s important to listen to different perspectives. I feel like there are possibilities.” She’s right—both broadly speaking and in a personal sense. Certainly, as she concludes this series, her own possibilities appear endless.
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