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When the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) stepped off the bus for their first match of this summer’s premier sporting event, their arrival marked a turning point in women’s sport and fashion.
Rather than wearing sweats or warm-ups, the team was dressed in the Nike x Martine Rose player’s suit, jacket, shirt and Shox Mule MR 4 shoes.
While men’s teams have long had suiting ahead of such tournaments, the USWNT custom crested Nike x Martine Rose suits met the moment and created a new precedent — signifying style as much as camaraderie, equality and positive change, on and off the pitch.
“Wearing this suit to walk out on the field feels like the culmination of my whole career — to elevate the women’s team look, to show something unexpected, and to continue to push boundaries in what it means to be an elite female athlete,” says four-time USWNT player Megan Rapinoe, and muse for the Nike x Martine Rose Collection. “It’s also just fun to be able to show up rocking something that’s unique and popping. And to have one of the best designers in the world create for the best team in the world is incredible.”
The energy and possibility of this moment was not lost on designer Martine Rose. “This is why I have always had references to football culture in my collections — because of how widespread and powerful the game is and how it has united people; how it brings people together, how it gives people hope,” says Rose. “The game transcends borders in a way I don’t think any other sport does. I think football is unique in the way it can ignite passion all over the world.”
