Meedles Tracksuit
| Meedles Tracksuit | |
|---|---|
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| Collection | Milady Maker |
| Category | Shirt |
| References | Needles (Nepenthes) |
| Count | 182 |
| Rarity | 1.82% |
Meedles Tracksuit is a shirt trait in the Milady Maker NFT collection, depicting a tracksuit top modelled after the butterfly-embroidered tracksuits produced by Needles, a Japanese streetwear label founded under the Nepenthes brand umbrella by Keizo Shimizu in 1997. The name is a portmanteau of "Milady" and "Needles," following the collection's convention of renaming brand references with an "M" prefix. A corresponding Meedles Headband trait appears in the Hat category.
Background
Needles was founded by Keizo Shimizu as a sub-label of Nepenthes, a Tokyo-based company Shimizu originally established in 1988 as a distributor of American goods in Japan.[1] The brand is defined by a synthesis of Japanese craftsmanship and vintage Americana, producing tracksuits, flannel shirts, and reconstructed garments. Needles' tracksuit, the label's most recognizable item, features a five-stripe side panel and a small butterfly embroidery derived from Shimizu's admiration for a tattoo worn by Steve McQueen in the 1973 film Papillon.[2]
The tracksuit gained widespread streetwear recognition in 2017 after A$AP Rocky was photographed wearing the label's glittery track pants, which Highsnobiety described as "the world's most hyped track pants."[3] Needles subsequently collaborated with A$AP Rocky's creative collective AWGE on a co-branded tracksuit collection.
See also
References
- ↑ "Needles: The Japanese Brand Rethinking Summer Streetwear". Mr Porter.
- ↑ "How the Needles Tracksuit Became a Myth". WP Store.
- ↑ "Needles: The Japanese Brand Rethinking Summer Streetwear". Mr Porter.