J Balvin has set the bar for model loyalty along with his Davide Perella X Nike 'match

In the identical experimental vein as his musical contemporaries Maluma, Bieber and Publish Malone, there’s seemingly nothing that Colombian reggaeton megastar J Balvin gained’t put on.

From the total Dior appears he rocks straight off Kim Jones’ runway to the various vibrant co-ords he sports activities from the likes of Louis Vuitton and Versace, the so-dubbed “Prince of Regaetton” has additionally collaborated on a characteristically technicolor assortment with Italian casualwear model Guess, along with designing his personal sneaker with Nike Air Jordan – which, as you may need guessed, doesn’t simply style the rainbow, however swallows it entire. 

For his newest flip, nevertheless, the “Colores” singer has turned in a considerably extra muted course. Teaming up with Milan-based designer Davide Perella, the musician posted a pensive shot of himself on Instagram sporting a black go well with emblazoned with a Nike tick, together with a shirt and tie and a pair of fancy-pants Nike derby footwear. 

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Perella is lauded within the style stratosphere for producing kick-ass collaborations with the likes of Jeremy Scott at Moschino, for whom he has been designing prints and patterns since 2014, and Alberta Ferretti. Perella might be greatest identified, nevertheless, for his sequence of designs that includes stiletto heels impressed by hype-worthy trainers, his teetering tackle Balenciaga’s Triple S being a living proof. 

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For this new collaboration with Nike, the designer has cleverly subverted the Oregon-based label’s understated, sporty aesthetic, imbuing it with a particular sartorial twist. 

“The items that J Balvin wears had been ideas shared on Instagram first and which I gave life to just for him.” Perella informed British GQ solely. “Streetwear and excessive style have created a bond between them in the previous couple of years and that is the proper instance: Nike as a luxurious model. I like to combine types that come from utterly totally different worlds, like tailoring with operating and create new merchandise. All of the items are distinctive and never on the market.”

Riffing on the sports-infused nylon fits proven at Prada, the look – which Balvin wears within the music video for his observe with Skepta, “Nirvana” – is the newest interpretation of the tailor-made leisurewear development that has come to the fore because the pandemic, which decreed that each one the extra formal clothes in our wardrobes are now not related for put on in our newly home-centered working lives. 

It stays to be seen whether or not Balvin’s completely brand-loyal, head-to-toe Nike go well with will probably be in the stores, however the excellent news is {that a} host of different manufacturers – from the aforementioned Milanese super-label to Riccardo Tisci’s Burberry and Italian sportswear model Stone Island – have produced related takes on the shape to maintain you coated till we all know extra. 

1 | Prada

2 | Thom Browne

3 | Burberry