DOPEST i exklusiv intervju med Colm Dillane: om KidSuper & samarbetet med PUMA

Möt New York-baserade KidSuper-designern Colm Dillane inför samarbetskollektion med PUMA

De senaste åren har New York-baserade KidSuper-designern Colm Dillane kommit att bli ett välkänt namn på den internationella modescenen. Med en innovativ inställning till mode, en lekfull avantgardism och en kreativitet som ingen annan, har Dillanes konstnärliga utstrålning erövrat modeindustrin och lyckats fånga mångas hjärtan. 

KidSuper, också känt som ”a real company built on unreal ideas”, har på sistone kommit att bli synonymt med en mycket intressant och spännande kombination av konst och mode. I samband med modeveckan i Paris sommaren 2019 presenterade Dillane den teatraliska, konstnärliga fashion-forward KidSuper Spring/Summer 2020-kollektionen som snabbt väckte uppmärksamhet runt om i världen. Den kom även att kallas för the Breakout Surprise of the Paris Menswear av modebibeln Vogue

Med förmågan att kombinera konst och mode tillsammans med en nytänkande och innovativ tolkning på mode, har Dillane lyckats uppnå en karriär som rör sig mot en rak framgång. Han har som sagt lyckats fånga många hjärtan, och nu senast föll sportswear-imperiet PUMA för KidSuper-designerns kreativa karisma. 

 

“ I always dreamt of collaborating with a sportswear brand just waiting for the opportunity “

 

Tro det eller ej, men Dillane hoppade rakt in i modeindustrin från en fotbollskarriär i Brasilien. Därför har New York-baserade designern utforskat sin tidigare fotbollskarriär genom en samarbetskollektion med PUMA. PUMA x KidSuper Studios är en så kallad Football Apparel Collection som kombinerar kärlek och passion med kreativitet och innovativ konst. 

Inför det efterlängtade Puma x KidSuper samarbetet har Dopest intervjuat Colm Dillane: vi pratar kreativitet, mode, passion och fotboll. 

 

DOPEST: You actually got to design a whole soccer uniform, everything from the jersey and the boot to the actual football?! How do you feel?

Colm Dillane: ”It is insane. I am glad you put this “?!” In the question because I feel like I keep telling people about the cleat and they are more proud than shocked. Which maybe means they expected this from KidSuper, which is cool and inspiring, but I am always like: ’Are you kidding me, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE, how are you not mind blown?! Haha”. So yeah I think people should be more shocked by it and less proud.”

Bilder: Puma

And you obviously being a football fan – what has it been like collaborating with PUMA for this collection?

”Puma really allowed me to do so much more than I expected. I shot for the moon and Puma kept saying yes. From the complexity of the shoes, to the cleats, to the cartoon. Now I keep asking for them to set up a one on one skill test with Neymar.”

KidSuper is a brand with such an artistic identity. Has it been hard combining the KidSuper avantgardism with a sportswear brand?

”When seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. I play football the same way I make clothing, I’m a free spirited number ten, haha. I think that mentality applies to everything that I do. I always dreamt of collaborating with a sportswear brand, just waiting for the opportunity. It was not hard, it was exciting.”

If you could pick three words to describe the collection, what would it be?

”Special, Bucket-list, Motivating”

For the PUMA KING boot, you teamed up with Spanish International football player Héctor Bellerín. How did that collaboration happen?

”Hector is the fashion guy and had hung out with J Balvin – who was wearing KidSuper and that is initially how we met, basically over instagram DM. I sent him some clothes and since I am such a big soccer fan I was always dreamt of collaborating on something with him, then a couple of months later this Puma collaboration started. Hector being a Puma athlete, it was a perfect match.”

Bilder: Puma

I have to ask… What’s your favorite piece from the collection?

”It has to be the cleats, I still can’t believe there is a KidSuper in the form stripe… and now hector is going to wear them in the premiership. What more could you ask for… I guess a trial. I am going to ask for a trial with Man City! Haha.”

Missa inte den efterlängtade samarbetskollektionen. Handla Puma X KidSuper Studios här!

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Bilder: Puma