Luar Takes On The WNBA
Jordan Brand designer Peter Koytroulis says, “Michelle and I worked together with Lopez to accentuate his style with iconic pieces from our collections. When thinking of the overall look, the goal was to have the Jordan pieces work in sync with the Luar pieces, making sure we hit the perfect trifecta of the Jordan Brand, the designer’s vision, and the athlete’s sense of style and individualism.“
Raul continues, “Everyone brought their own language to the table. Aeriel likes to move between tomboy and feminine. The language of fluidity across gender is in all my designs. The contribution from Jordan Brand Design was the functionality of products, in their form and silhouette. There was a common language between us in form, function, and silhouette.”
“With this look, I hope she feels iconic. And that she feels super sexy and fab, which is really like the Luar girl. She loves not just feeling different but feeling comfortable in her own skin and really appreciating what she's wearing and how it fits her, and to me, that's super important. It's not just my design. I'm making all this stuff, but also I'm asking, ‘Okay, what girl's going to wear this?’ I don't want it to just be like so-and-so. That skirt that's hanging there, I feel like you could wear it with sneakers, but you could also wear it with heels. You could also wear it with boots. It's a way of using this one silhouette but positioning it in different types of scenes— which is kind of me, like a chameleon. I hang out with the Bushwick girls. I hang out with the Upper East Side girls. I hang out with everyone, but having that specific piece where you can just go from day to night but also go from scene to scene.”
“Basketball and sports are a super huge inspiration because, as a Latino, you grow up, and sports is number one. It's either basketball, baseball, or one of those sports, so I definitely grew up around it, and I always loved the shapes and the silhouettes of all those pieces, and I use it all the time. It's a big reference point.”
“Growing up in NY in this urban dystopia I was always obsessed with being a Jordan girl. It was quintessential to being an icon in the hood. Conceptualizing Aerial's look after hanging with her it was a marriage in Jordan heaven. For this look, I wanted to bring the Luar Jordan girl to life by striking a balance between the sporty and the sexy with this custom slinky Luar skirt, styled with Jordan pieces.”
