Nike sportswear spring '12 - make it count

Published January 15, 2012 8:49am

The New Year has arrived and gone, you have resolved to run that extra mile, master that dunk or take control on that field. You are one of millions who have committed to 2012 but really, what are you doing to make it count this New Year?

Whatever your commitment, Nike Sportswear pledges to complement your on-pitch presence with an off-pitch look that exudes that alpha athlete style that defines you. Drawing inspiration from our heritage, the Spring ’12 collection celebrates the sporting moments that have defined our brand, our products and our athletes through the years.

Experience the innovation and technology of each piece, painstakingly crafted to meet the needs of individual sporting greats over the years. Relive the evolution of each product as it is refined through the years and is now celebrated as part of our Nike Sportswear collection.

Make your commitment count both on and off-pitch this New Year. Explore the purity of style as defined by the sport – football, running, basketball, or mix it up to create your unique off-pitch look. Define yourself this New Year, step out in style. Remember, you’re always an athlete.

Look of Running – We Are Born on the Track

Nike Track & Field Collection: Taking inspiration from our heritage; a collection inaugurated in the mountains; Bill Bowerman’s experiences in the army with the 10th Mountain Division taught him that discipline was vital, and victory was a hard-earned commitment. That fighting spirit, ingrained in Coach Bowerman’s first U.S. Track and Field team, is alive in the USATF Collection of military and track-inspired sportswear. A modern remix of vintage classics made for those who climb to glory.

Look of Football

French Federation Collection: The Nike Sportswear FFF collection represents the artful expression that Fédération Française de Football brings to the game, each piece taking inspiration from the style and swagger that makes the French mode of play unique.

Brasil Federation Collection: Nike Sportswear and Brasil's national side represent two teams at the top of their game and the Nike Sportswear CBF (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol) collection pays tribute to one of football's definitive entities — an invincible, inspirational unit on and off the pitch. Maintaining this season's 1962 narrative, colors stay classic but the treatments for each piece are uncompromising.

Look of Basketball

College Basketball Collection: Blending years of campus tradition and iconic team graphics with Nike Sportswear’s modernized fabrication and silhouettes, we honor the collegiate style that was first created to reward institutions of basketball excellence with a definitive lifestyle clothing collection. Each Nike Sportswear college team apparel style implements recognized imagery with fresh interpretations as archive research meets the science of apparel evolution.

The N98 track jacket.

Icons – Defined by a boldness

Cortez: The Cortez, the icon of Nike’s earliest impact in the sports world: 40 years on and still a classic. Available in two iconic styles - Premium full grain leather or waterproof, 3-layer lightweight upper. Made with pioneering cushion and flexible innovations for the running shoe, Nike developed the Cortez with the 100-mile a week, concrete-surface die-hard runner in mind. Now, the comfort, durability, and legendary outsole provide the smooth ride the Cortez was always intended for. The original has just been upgraded. This season, female fans can also look out for the Lady Cortez featuring a deconstructed upper for a sleek look that compliments the slim profile of a female’s foot. Available in a wide range of colors, the premium version in leather and a lightweight nylon version just like the original.

GS Polo: Born on the court of grand traditions, grand stands and grand slams, the GS Polo has been on the backs of the best in some of the grandest moments of sports. The secret to its versatility is in the subtlety of its timeless cut, the fold of the collar, the feel [or non-feel] against skin during a devastating swing. Given the white-glove treatment, this essential piece of wear embodies all the innovations of its athletic counterpart with treatment done only to the chest embroidery that is the iconic Sunburst design trademark.

N98: A staple at the intersection of sport and street, the N98 track jacket is defined by the striking stripe down the sleeve and a tailored fit. The ultimate interpretation of the classic created for the 1998 Brazilian national team, the N98 is a mouth-watering mash-up of sport and style. All about refinement, you feel every inch of the jacket from flat-ribbing to bonded seams to a chill-a-phobic high collar. That striking stripe down the sleeve? Think of them as racing stripes. If there’s one thing the Brazil team always embodied its blind speed and scoring with samba-smooth style. Press release from Nike

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