“Taking Anta from the running track to the city street” is how Kris Van Assche summed up his new collaboration with the Chinese activewear giant, which conscripted him to help rev up its nascent Anta Zero sub-brand.

The project allowed the Belgian designer to apply his tailoring prowess and soigné touch to a slate of sustainable fabrics for the Anta Zero project, which has already developed carbon-neutral sweatshirts and opened a carbon-neutral store in Shanghai.

It also allowed Van Assche to design what will be his next winter coat: a belted, double-breasted puffer topcoat that exemplifies how he merged form and function to create a hybrid style you might call ath-elegant.

Anta, which boasts some 7,000 stores in China , is sure to gain greater international renown for tapping

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