Greetings, Earthlings

Sport

Illustrations

Anthony Rianda

Sport

K-Swiss Keeps Evolving, On and Off the Court

Since the 1980s, K-swiss has moved beyond just tennis after being adopted into streetwear scenes in New York and California, quickly becoming a staple fashion item. In the following years, throughout the ‘90s and 2000s, styles like the Classic 66 and Gstaad Court shoe were worn by Dr Dre and featured in Boyz n the Hood, the latter of which inspired a capsule collection in 2021. The brand has also become synonymous with Chicago footwork music after DJ Rashad used the name for one of his most famous tracks. However, this cultural cachet hasn't stopped K-Swiss from innovating its technology for the court, crafting shoes to withstand the high pressure of tennis matches between greats.

The classic styles of K-Swiss have continued to evolve in multiple ways for new generations, flexibly adopted into sports, music, and fashion. With a “Breaking Bad" collection here, a collaboration with A Bathing Ape there, and even on the runway at Luar, the brand has continued to reinvent what it means to represent tennis. For their 60th anniversary, K-Swiss is renewing their commitment to the sport with three new versions of their classic court styles, the aforementioned Gstaad and Classic 66, along with the Hypercourt Express 3. Tennis fans will be waiting with bated breath to see how these shoes move between court lines and across them, as the stars of the sport continue to make waves in fashion and culture.

Sport

Willy Chavarria Reimagines Mexico Football Heritage for adidas Originals

June 04, 2026

As excitement builds up ahead of the 2026 World Cup, adidas Originals and Willy Chavarria are returning to familiar territory: identity, heritage, and the communities that shape both. Their latest collaboration, ‘Comienza Con El Sueño’ (‘It Begins With the Dream’), arrives as a reflection of everything that comes before players taking the world’s biggest stage.

The collection centers on a range of Selección Nacional de México apparel, first previewed during Willy Chavarria's Autumn/Winter 2026 runway show. Jerseys, tracksuits, rugby shirts, and elongated football shorts draw from different eras of Mexican football history, filtered through Chavarria's distinctly oversized silhouettes and graphic language. Rather than feeling like merch, the collection feels more like an extension of Willy's ongoing exploration of Mexican-American identity.

That perspective has long informed his work. Across collections, the designer has looked to the aesthetics and experiences of working-class communities, often using fashion as a vehicle for broader conversations around representation and belonging. Here, football becomes another lens through which those ideas can be explored.

Text by Dylan Andrews

The accompanying campaign shifts focus toward the next generation of Mexican football talent. Featuring national team players Jesús Gilberto Orozco and Jeremy Márquez alongside Omar Campos and Ariel Castro, the imagery looks beyond the tournament itself, toward the ambitions and aspirations that precede moments of international recognition.

Sport

Street Child World Cup

May 18, 2026

Hosted by Street Child United in partnership with Fútbol Más Mexico, the Street Child World Cup 2026 kicked off this May 6th-14th. The event runs in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup, using the global platform of football to amplify the voices of the next generation. The Street World Cup brought together 30 teams from over 20 countries for a tournament in Mexico City. While this sports event is focused on football, it serves a much bigger purpose. An estimated 150 million children worldwide do not exist in official systems, nulling their basic rights to healthcare and education. The tournament concluded after the Street Child World Cup General Assembly, in which these adolescent participants presented an collective call for action to key decision-makers in regards to the rights of street-connected youth.

The tournament is about unity, opportunity, and hope. On the surface its football, but at the core it is a powerful advocacy for change. It diverts the attention that spectacle events demand of the public eye, taking a moment to shine the spotlight on issues that deserve the same urgent attention. At the same time, it facilitates cultural exchange. Sports, though competitive, are a means of unification; collaboration in the face of division. Like sports, greater political issues can employ a tug-of-war between playfulness and seriousness.

In the last bracket, Mexico and Kenya competed for the girls' final while it was Brazil against India for boys. Mexico's girls team and Brazil's boys team took home the gold, but the real award came from turning visibility into action. Young team leaders came together off the field to debate and draft concrete demands to present to policymakers, civil society leaders, and international guests, including Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Gabriela Cuevas — the Mexican government's official representatives for the World Cup's organization.

A celebratory close to the tournament was performed by Paul Russell with his hit song, Lil Boo Thang. U2 members were attendees of the final game, cheering on in place of being cheered for. Messages of support were sent from former professional soccer player Sir David Beckham, racing driver Sir Lewis Hamilton, and runner Sir Mo Farah. All eyes may be on the upcoming FIFA World Cup, but the Street Child World Cup is all hands-on.